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U.S. Navy Commodore Matthew C. Perry, who commanded the U.S. expedition to Japan in XXXX. Commodore Matthew C. Perry, commander of the U.S. Nay Squadron that opened Japan to western trade in 1853. (Photo by Mathew Brady, 1854-58)
U.S. Navy Commodore Matthew C. Perry, who commanded the U.S. expedition to Japan in XXXX. Commodore Matthew C. Perry, commander of the U.S. Nay Squadron that opened Japan to western trade in 1853. (Photo by Mathew Brady, 1854-58)