This concludes the Scholar's Tour of the Black Ship Scrolls. Now that you have experienced the adventures of the Perry Expedition, we encourage you to take your own journey of discovery to learn more about Japan. Make use of the resources of the Virtual Japan web site to continue to build mutual understanding and good will between Japan and the United States.

To learn more about Commodore Perry and the Perry Expedition, we recommend the following books:

Yankees in the Land of the Gods: Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan, Peter Booth Wiley (Viking, 1990)

The Japan Expedition 1852-1854 The Personal Journal of Commodore Matthew C. Perry, edited by Roger Pineau (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1968)

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