One of the gifts from U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry (1794-1858)--who visited Japan in the so-called Black Ships in ...

WARNING: This article contains SPOILERS for ShÅ gun episode 3. "Black ship" can refer to Portugal's large commercial ships used to conduct trade in Japan in the 16th century. Portugal's black ...

Other reports claimed to be sure these were in fact Japanese ships sunk during the battle ... could indicate a forthcoming eruption. The black beach on Iwo To, formerly known as Iwo Jima, was ...

Darwin’s HMS Beagle landed on the Galapagos Islands and Commodore Perry’s Black Ships neared Edo. The Suiso Frontier, the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier built by Japan’s Kawasaki ...