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![26055 Commodore Perry - black ship](https://photos.usni.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/Photo_Full/usni_photo_gallery/tn_26055%20Commodore%20Perry%20-%20black%20ship.jpg)
The so-called black ships of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perrys two visits to Japan in 1852-54 were the symbols of what the outside world had to offer the Japanese as featured in this Japanese print from about 1861.
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