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    <title>Robert Danby journal, 1852-1855</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Danby, Robert</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1821-1886</namePart>
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  <abstract>Journal kept by Danby, an engineer on the side-wheel steamer Mississippi, a flagship of the U.S. naval expedition to Japan, 1852-1854, led by Commodore Matthew C. Perry.  Danby describes his work as an engineer, weather conditions, the route taken, and stops at ports of call including Hakodate-shi, Japan, the Ryuku (Loo Choo) Islands, Shanghai, China, and Shimoda-shi, Japan.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Naval officer and engineer.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Perry, Matthew Calbraith</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1794-1858</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Mississippi (Side-wheel steamer)</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Marine engineering</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="conference">
      <namePart>United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854)</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Weather</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Hakodate-shi (Japan)</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Japan</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Ryukyu Islands</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Shanghai (China)</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Shimoda-shi (Japan)</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
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    <occupation>Engineers</occupation>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Naval officers</occupation>
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  <identifier type="lccn">mm 82086108</identifier>
  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Open to research.</accessCondition>
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