First Landing at Gorahama 1856 Framed_MT_Bank The First Journey of Victory

The First Journey of Victory 1778-1922 binds two republics across a hundred and forty-four years — Lafayette's crossing answered

William Buel Franklin

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First Landing at Gorahama 1856 Framed_MT_Bank The First Journey of VictoryFirst Landing at Gorahama 1856 documents an American footfall on Japanese soil in the wake of Perry's black ships, when the republic's reach across the Pacific was still a fresh and audacious thing. The scene carries the quiet swagger of Manifest Destiny extended to saltwater a treaty port rendered as overture rather than conquest. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the