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Embassy to the Eastern Courts: America's Secret First Pivot Toward Asia, 1832-37
by Andrew C A Jampoler
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Synopsis : Some two centuries ago, during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, New England's merchants and traders found themselves frozen out of their traditional markets in Europe and the Caribbean. Desperate for new business for their idled ships and crews, they asked President Andrew Jackson to explore opportunities for them on the other side of the globe. Prompted by the secretary of the navy, Jackson sent Edmund Roberts--an unemployed ship owner from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with no diplomatic experience--on an -embassy- (mission) to the potentates of Oman, Siam, Cochin China, and Japan, to negotiate pioneering trade treaties.So began an unusual and ultimately fatal adventure that twice took Roberts to exotic and dangerous places on the other side of the globe. Because the British and the Dutch were deeply interested in these same new markets, Roberts' mission was kept secret. Sailing in the ill-fated USS Peacock, first in company with USS Boxer, then with USS Enterprise, Roberts
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Author : Andrew C A Jampoler
Pages : 256 pages
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
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ISBN-10 : 1612514162
ISBN-13 : 9781612514161