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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 63523
First U.S. Navy visit to Japan, July 1846
Copy made by Mr. Renjo Shimo Oka from an original Japanese painting,
depicting USS Columbus and USS Vincennes anchored
in Yeddo (Tokyo) Bay, Japan, circa 20-29 July 1846. They were
under the command of Commodore James Biddle, USN.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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