TY - GEN AU - Danby,Robert TI - Robert Danby journal, KW - Perry, Matthew Calbraith, KW - Mississippi (Side-wheel steamer) KW - United States Naval Expedition to Japan KW - (1852-1854) KW - Marine engineering KW - Weather KW - Hakodate-shi (Japan) KW - Description and travel KW - Japan KW - Ryukyu Islands KW - Shanghai (China) KW - Shimoda-shi (Japan) KW - Engineers KW - itoamc KW - Naval officers N1 - Open to research N2 - 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 ER -