"OLD BRUIN' COMMODORE MATHEW C.PERRY.1794-1858 MORISON, Samuel Eliot:
17946 Little,Brown & Co., Boston, 1967, First Edition pp.xiv + 482, many illustrations and maps in text. Very Good in original dust jacket. Perry fought in the war of 1812, the War with Mexico, fought pirates in the West Indies, took a voyage with John Randolphe of Roanoke to Russia, was involved in the founding of Liberia , hunted slave traders, promoted the Steam Navy and the Shell Gun and conducted the Naval expedition which opened Japan. $65.00AUD Click here to order or message the dealer
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