Excerpt from Japan: From the Old to the NewCommodore Perry's Demands Lord Elgin's Mission, 1858 Shipwrecked Russian Crews sheltered at Heta - Tsushima Affair - Causes of the Decline of the Shogunate - Civil War between the Supporters of the Mikado and the Shogun - First Steps to forming a Navy - Purchase of Merchant Vessels abroad - Dock.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.