Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry: Father of the Steam Navy
Presenter:
John V. Quarstein
Director emeritus of the USS Monitor Center
About the lecture:
Known as the “Father of the Steam Navy,” Matthew Calbraith Perry fought during both the War of 1812 and the Mexican War. He pushed to modernize the US Navy using improved gunnery and steampower. He was most famous for The Perry Expedition, 1852-1854, which opened Japanese ports to American trade, ending that nation’s isolationism.
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Image credit: Photograph of Matthew Perry. Mathew Brady, photographer. Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection.
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