Perry Expedition

In 1854, when Commodore Matthew Perrys Expedition opened Japan to Western trade, the expeditions surgeon. Dr. Daniel Green, observed that the Japanese... 

Because the Perry Expedition (1852-1854) is so well-documented, the soybeans sent from Japan to the United States received an enormous amount of publicity. On the other hand, time obscures the specific details concerning the earlier introduction of soybeans into Illinois by Dr. Benjamin Franklin Edwards in 1851. 

Perry, M.C. Narrative of the Expedition ofan American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan. 3 vol. F.L. Hawks, Ed. House of Representatives Document 97, 33 Congress, 2 Session, Washington, DC, 1856. 

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