The scroll caption tells us: "Fleet Commander Hiri (Perry) is aboard."

The hard to decipher caption also indicates that this ship was called "Shitsumatei," a name that does not fit any of the vessels recorded to have gone to Japan. The caption tells us it had a crew of 50, "seven large cannon" and "twenty-four medium sized cannon."


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