"Old Bruin" Commodore Matthew C. Perry 1794-1858

Morison, S.E.: 1968 Oxford University Press UK, hardcover with dustjacket 482 pages. Biography of the American Naval officer who helped found Liberia, hunted pirates in the West Indies, practised diplomacy with the Sultan of Turkey and the King of the two Sicilies, commanded the Gulf Squadron in the Mexican War, promoted the steam navy and the shell gun and conducted the naval expedition which opened up Japan. Dustjacket with marks of use, otherwise good