Description
In 1853, few Japanese people
knew that a country
called America even existed.
For centuries, Japan had isolated itself from the outside world by refusing to trade with other countries and even refusing to help shipwrecked sailors, foreign or Japanese. The country’s people still lived under a feudal system like that of Europe in the Middle Ages. But everything began to change when American Commodore Perry and his troops sailed to the Land of the Rising Sun, bringing with them new science and technology, and a new way of life.
This Newbery Honor Book relates how in 1853 American Commodore Matthew Perry and his troops sailed to Japan–a land where few people even knew America existed–bringing a new way of life and opening up the Land of the Rising Sun to the West. Full color.
HarperCollins
Juvenile Nonfiction
Biography & Autobiography
Edition: Historical, Juvenile Nonfiction
Keywords: Biography & Autobiography
