Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853 and 1854, under the command of Commodore M. C. Perry ... by order of the Government of the United States. Compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers ... by F. L. Hawks, etc. [With plates, including maps
Official U.S. government report of Commodore Matthew Perry's naval expedition to Japan and the China Seas, compiled by Francis L. Hawks from the officers' journals and published in 1856 for Congress and the reading public. The plates shown here are star charts recording zodiacal light observations: pale grey grounds scattered with dotted stars, constellation labels, and thin white curves tracing the light's boundary across gridded, numbered frames.
