ship left Japan to cross the Pacific. It was a Japanese ship
sent to America by the Bakufu. It was not a big enough ship
On February 10, 1860, at the end of the Edo period, a
The voyage on the Pacific was not easy. The ship often
went into storms. The Japanese people could not control the
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for the long and difficult voyage, but people on the shin
wanted to do this job well. They thought this voyage was
important for the future of Japan. Some of them also wanted
to see America with their own eyes.( 1 )
Before this voyage, in 1853, the Kurofune, or Black
Ships, came to Japan. They wanted Japan to open its doors
to the world. At that time, many people were afraid of the
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ships, but some people thought that Japan should learn more
about the world. ( 2 )
There were also eleven American people on the Japanese
ship. They had a lot of experience at sea and they were
good sailors, but the Japanese people didn't want them to De
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on the ship.( 3 )
