1857 Wood Engraving Farm Yard Yokohama Japan Commodore Matthew Perry XGA5 RKO1 Southern Pacific Company

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1857 Wood Engraving Farm Yard Yokohama Japan Commodore Matthew Perry XGA5 RKO1 Southern Pacific CompanyThis is an original 1857 black and white wood engraving of a farm yard in Yokohama (Yokuhama), Japan, from United States Naval Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to the Orient. Between the years of 1852 and 1854, President Millard Filmore ordered United States Navy Commodore Matthew Clabraith Perry to lead a squadron to Japan in order to establish diplomatic relations, open economic trade ports and protect American property and seamen in the