The Japan expedition. Japan and around the world / An account of three visits to the Japanese empire, with sketches of Madeira, St. Helena, cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Ceylon, Singapore, China, and Loo-Choo

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JAPANESE.
THE JAPAN EXPEDITION
AN ACCOUNT OF
THREE VISITS TO THE JAPANESE EMPIRE
WITH SKETCHES OF MADEIRA, ST. HELENA, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, MAURITIUS, CEYLON, SINGAPORE, CHINA, AND LOO-CHOO
By J. W. SPALDING OF THE U. S. STEAM-FRIGATE MISSISSIPPI, FLAG SHIP OF THE EXPEDITION
WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS IN TINT
REDFIELD 34 BEEKMAN STREET, NEW YORK 1855.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, By J. S. REDFIELD, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Southern District of New York.
SAVAGE & M c CREA, STEREOTYPERS, 13 Chambers Street, N. Y.
The kindness and courtesy of that fine officer and estimable gentleman, Commander Sydney Smith Lee, in conferring upon the writer a position on the ship under his command, gave him the opportunity of seeing the “wonders of the world abroad,” in the Japan Expedition.