A photograph of Commodore Matthew C. Perry toward the end of his life, around 1856. Commodore Perry succeeded in forcing Japan to open its nation to foreign trade in 1854. Source: Public Domain
A Japanese illustration of one of Commodore Perry’s Black Ships. Source: Public Domain
A Japanese illustration depicting Perry (center) sitting amid some of his officers. Source: Public Domain
An illustration of the second fleet which Perry brought to Japan when he returned in 1854. Source: Public Domain
This statue of Perry stands in the city of Newport in the state of Rhode Island. Source: Ahodges7, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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