Matthew Calbraith Perry: A Typical American Naval Officer. William Elliot Griffis
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William Elliot Griffis
Matthew Calbraith Perry: A Typical American Naval Officer
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066153069
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE CHILD CALBRAITH.
CHAPTER II. BOYHOOD’S ENVIRONMENT.
CHAPTER III. A MIDSHIPMAN’S TRAINING UNDER COMMODORE RODGERS.
CHAPTER IV. MEN, SHIPS AND GUNS IN 1812.
CHAPTER V. SERVICE IN THE WAR OF 1812.
CHAPTER VI. FIRST VOYAGE TO THE DARK CONTINENT.
CHAPTER VII. PERRY LOCATES THE SITE OF MONROVIA.
CHAPTER VIII. FIGHTING PIRATES IN THE SPANISH MAIN.
CHAPTER IX. THE AMERICAN LINE-OF-BATTLE SHIP.
CHAPTER X. THE CONCORD IN THE SEAS OF RUSSIA AND EGYPT.
CHAPTER XI A DIPLOMATIC VOYAGE IN THE FRIGATE BRANDYWINE.
CHAPTER XII. THE FOUNDER OF THE BROOKLYN NAVAL LYCEUM.
CHAPTER XIII. THE FATHER OF THE AMERICAN STEAM NAVY.
CHAPTER XIV. PERRY DISCOVERS THE RAM.
CHAPTER XV. LIGHTHOUSE ILLUMINATION, LENSES OR REFLECTORS?
CHAPTER XVI. REVOLUTIONS IN NAVAL ARCHITECTURE.
CHAPTER XVII. THE SCHOOL OF GUN PRACTICE AT SANDY HOOK.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE TWIN STEAMERS MISSOURI AND MISSISSIPPI.
CHAPTER XIX. THE BROAD PENNANT IN AFRICA.
CHAPTER XX. PERRY AS A MISSIONARY AND CIVILIZER.
CHAPTER XXII. “COMMODORE PERRY COMMANDS THE SQUADRON.”
CHAPTER XXIII. THE NAVAL BATTERY BREACHES THE WALLS OF VERA CRUZ.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE NAVAL BRIGADE. CAPTURE OF TABASCO.
CHAPTER XXV. FIGHTING THE YELLOW FEVER. PEACE.
CHAPTER XXVI. RESULTS OF THE WAR. GOLD AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
CHAPTER XXVII. AMERICAN ATTEMPTS TO OPEN TRADE WITH JAPAN.
CHAPTER XXVIII. ORIGIN OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION TO JAPAN.
CHAPTER XXIX. PREPARATIONS FOR JAPAN. AN INTERNATIONAL EPISODE.
CHAPTER XXX. THE FIRE-VESSELS OF THE WESTERN BARBARIANS.
CHAPTER XXXI. PANIC IN YEDO. RECEPTION OF THE PRESIDENT’S LETTER.
CHAPTER XXXII. JAPANESE PREPARATIONS FOR TREATY-MAKING.
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE PROFESSOR AND THE SAILOR MAKE A TREATY.
CHAPTER XXXV. MATTHEW PERRY AS A MAN.
CHAPTER XXXVI. WORKS THAT FOLLOW.
II. ORIGIN OF THE PERRY NAME AND FAMILY.
IV. THE FAMILY OF M. C. PERRY.
V. OFFICIAL DETAIL OF M. C. PERRY, UNITED STATES NAVY.
VI. THE NAVAL APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM.
VIII. MEMORIALS IN ART OF M. C. PERRY.
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