1857 Wood Engraving Temple Ben Ting Simoda Shimoda Japan M. C. Perry XGA5 ITALY3 with the ruins of Spi_

with the ruins of Spi_ Castle (Spi_sk_ Hrad) in the background

the Common Goldeneye

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East River at the foot of East 28th Street

This is an original 1924 black and white halftone print of "The Propylaea of Xerxes

1857 Wood Engraving Temple Ben Ting Simoda Shimoda Japan M. C. Perry XGA5 ITALY3 with the ruins of Spi_This is an original 1857 black and white wood engraving of the temple of Ben Ting in Simoda (Shimoda), Japan, from United States Naval Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to the Orient. Between the years of 1852 and 1854, President Millard Filmore ordered United States Navy Commodore Matthew Clabraith Perry to lead a squadron to Japan in order to establish diplomatic relations, open economic trade ports and protect American property and seamen in