Trevor sat down with Emma Lehman (https://www.emmalehman.com/) from Los Audio and the podcasts Gooned and Texas Twiggy to discuss the American Formosa Expedition of 1867. In a poorly thought out mission for revenge and imperialism, American sailors and marines got their first taste of East Asian jungle warfare.

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Texas Twiggy - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/texas-twiggy/id1587025076

Gordon - Confrontation over Taiwan: Nineteenth-Century China and the Powers

Le Gendre - Formosa: Reports of Mr. C. W. Le Gendre

Davidson - The Island of Formosa: Historical View from 1430 to 1900

Haythornhwaite – The Colonial Wars Source Book

Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883

Meinheit - The Consul’s Maps: Diplomacy, Cartography and Japan’s 1874 Formosa Expedition

NHHC - H-063-4: The Formosa Expedition, 1867

NYT - European Intelligence...

NYT - The American Fleet in Chinese Waters -- Avenging National Insults

NYT - THE PIRATES OF FORMOSA.; Official Reports of the Engagement of the United States Naval Forces

NYT - American Officers in the Japanese Formosa Expedition

NYT - China and Japan; Active Preparations for War. The Formosa Expedition Successful...

Wong - Approaching Sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands: From the Perspectives of Ryukyu and Okinawa

Trevor’s brother, Evan, is usually with the US Navy in Japan. So we sat down to talk about the first time the United States fought the Empire of Japan in 1863.

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Arnold – Diplomacy Far Removed: A Reinterpretation of the U.S. Decision to Open Diplomatic Relations…

CIRA-Nippon – Bakunin’s Stop-over in Japan

Cullen – A History Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds

Convention of Kanagawa

Department of the Navy – Brief Summary of the Perry Expedition to Japan, 1853

Griffis – Matthew Calbraith Perry: A Typical American Naval Officer

Haythornhwaite – The Colonial Wars Source Book

Herbert – Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion

Horii – The Perry Expedition (1853-1854) and the Japanese Encounter with “Religion”

Keith – Civilization, Race, and the Japan Expedition’s Cultural Diplomacy, 1853-1854

Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883

Perry – Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan…

Satow – A Diplomat in Japan: The Inner History of the Critical Years in the Evolution of Japan…

Tolley – Yangtze Patrol: The U.S. Navy in China

Trevor's brother, Evan, is usually with the US Navy in Japan. So we sat down to talk about the first time the United States fought the Empire of Japan in 1863.

Patreon | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Arnold - Diplomacy Far Removed: A Reinterpretation of the U.S. Decision to Open Diplomatic Relations...

CIRA-Nippon - Bakunin's Stop-over in Japan

Cullen - A History Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds

Convention of Kanagawa

Department of the Navy - Brief Summary of the Perry Expedition to Japan, 1853

Griffis - Matthew Calbraith Perry: A Typical American Naval Officer

Haythornhwaite - The Colonial Wars Source Book

Herbert - Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion

Horii - The Perry Expedition (1853-1854) and the Japanese Encounter with "Religion"

Keith - Civilization, Race, and the Japan Expedition's Cultural Diplomacy, 1853-1854

Long - Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883

Perry - Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan...

Satow - A Diplomat in Japan: The Inner History of the Critical Years in the Evolution of Japan...

Tolley - Yangtze Patrol: The U.S. Navy in China