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	Encyclopedia: The Black Ships
		USS Plymouth, a sloop-of-war, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for a town in Massachusetts on Plymouth Bay, 18 miles southeast of Brockton, Massachusetts; founded by the Pilgrims in 1620.
		USS Susquehanna, a sidewheel steamer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for a river which rises in Lake Otsego in central New York and flows across Pennsylvania and the northeast corner of Maryland to empty into the Chesapeake Bay.
		The surprise and confusion these ships inspired are described in this famous kyoka (a humorous poem similar to the 5-line waka): This article discusses humour in terms of comedy and laughter.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/The-Black-Ships (1022 words)

	2005 Newport Black Ships Festival
		The Black Ships Festival commemorates the historic achievements of Commodore Matthew C. Perry, USN, of Newport, Rhode Island.
		The "Black Ships," or "Kurofune," refers to the Japanese term for foreign ships which, with one exception, were excluded from Japan for two hundred years until 1854.
		The Black Ships Festivals in Newport and in its Japanese Sister City, Shimoda, commemorate this historic event with a celebration of friendship.
	www.newportevents.com /Blackships/main.shtml (283 words)

	The Black Ships - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Black Ships was the name given to the Mississippi, Plymouth, Saratoga, and Susquehanna, ships under the command of Commodore Matthew Perry that first arrived in Uraga Harbor.
		Because of the fl smoke from coal-fired powerplants and the fl color of these American ships, they were called called Kurohune (fl-ships).
		The surprise and confusion these ships brought are best described in this Senryu.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /The_Black_Ships (216 words)

	Myst comic: The Book of Black Ships - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Myst: The Book of Black Ships was a scheduled four-issue comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics that attempted to shed light to the events happened before the Myst game, and explain all the malevolent actions of the two brothers, leading to their imprisonment in Atrus' books.
		It showed the two sons of Atrus, Sirrus and Achenar, with their first introduction to evil, becoming members of the Black Ships Pirates who ravaged the Mechanical Age.
		A notable blooper was the switching of the boys' names and characters (Sirrus ought to be the thin one).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Myst_comic:_The_Book_of_Black_Ships (240 words)

	The Black Ships -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Black Ships (in (A native or inhabitant of Japan) Japanese, 黒船;: kurofune) was the name given to four (A vessel that carries passengers or freight) ships,
		The surprise and confusion these ships inspired are described in this famous kyoka (a ((Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state) humorous poem similar to the 5-line (additional info and facts about waka) waka):
		Jokisen (上喜撰) is the name of a costly brand of (Tea leaves that have been steamed and dried without fermenting) green tea containing large amounts of (A bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects) caffeine, and shihai means "four cups", so a literal translation of the poem is:
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/the_black_ships.htm (298 words)

	East Bay Newspapers •
		The 21st year of the Black Ships Festival — honoring Newport's own Commodore Matthew C. Perry and his 1854 trip to Japan during which he signed the Treaty of Kanagawa, officially opening trade between the United States and Japan —; gets into full swing this Thursday and runs through July 18.
		Jeanne-Marie Napolitano, a Newport City Councilor and liaison to Newport's sister city in Japan, attended the Black Ship's Festival in May in Shimoda and said she is always impressed with the city's graciousness when it comes to hosting a delegation of Rhode Islanders.
		The Black Ships Festival, which begins on July 14 and runs through July 18, is offering a wide variety of activities and performances to show the Japanese dignitaries a good time and give locals and visitors a sampling of the richness of Japanese culture.
	www.eastbayri.com /print/282342391614294.php (607 words)

	A SON OF AFRICA - Resources for Teachers
		When I looked around the ship and saw a large furnace of copper boiling, and a multitude of fl people of every description chained together, every one of their countenances expressing dejection and sorrow, I no longer doubted my fate.
		At last, when the ship we were in had got in all her cargo, they made ready with many fearful noises, and we were all put under deck, so that we could not see how they managed the vessel.
		Those of us that were the most active were in a moment put down under the deck, and there was such a noise and confusion among the people of the ship as I never heard before to stop her and get the boat out to go after the slaves.
	www.newsreel.org /guides/equiano.htm (3599 words)

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		When they were now entered within the deep haven, they furled their sails and laid them in the fl ship, and lowered the mast by the forestays and brought it to the crutch with speed, and rowed her with oars to the anchorage.
		But he sat by his swift-faring ships, still wroth, even the heaven-sprung son of Peleus, Achilles fleet of foot; he betook him neither to the assembly that is the hero's glory, neither to war, but consumed his heart in tarrying in his place, and yearned for the war-cry and for battle.
		For fleet-footed goodly Achilles lay idle amid the ships, wroth for the sake of a damsel, Briseis of the lovely hair, whom he had won from Lyrnessos and the walls of Thebe, and overthrew Mynes and Epistrophos, warriors that bare the spear, sons of king Euenos Selepos' son.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext02/iliab10.txt (16677 words)

	Black Ships & Samurai \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Launched last year, Black Ships and Samurai is part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's "Visualizing Cultures" course, and is made available online through the Institute's OpenCourseWare Initiative.
		Black Ships and Samurai examines both the Japanese and American viewpoints of the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry in 1853 and his return in 1854 (when the American concept of Free Trade could be summarized as, "open your borders to trade...or else").
		On the Japanese side, a woodcut depicts a pitch fl ship with a demonic figurehead and enormous eyes on its stern firing canon and belching smoke.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/0324/p25s01-stin.html (664 words)

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		Perry's "fl ships" with their modern cannon made it quite clear to the Japanese that resistance was no longer possible.
		It was during this phase of the expedition that the Japanese artist made the Black Ship Scroll paintings that follow.
		The Black Ship Scroll paintings show a true people to people exchange that took place when Perry was in Shimoda in 1854.
	www.us-japan.org /jsnc/virtualjapan/BSS/intro4.htm (835 words)

	Shimoda Travel: Perry's Black Ships
		In spring 1854, a treaty was concluded, which opened the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American ships.
		Despite having been a humiliating event for Japan at the time, Perry's arrival has become Shimoda's major tourist attraction, and the commodore and his fl ships are omnipresent in the city today.
		Not at last, the Kurofune Matsuri (Black Ship Festival) is held in the city every year in mid May, commemorating the arrival of Perry with a parade and various other festive events.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e6301.html (245 words)

	Commodore Matthew Perry: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Actually, during the Japanese isolation, many American ships hunting whales off the coast of Japan needed a port for supplies; however, Japan was cruel to sailors shipwrecked on its shores and not interested in any trade with foreigners (Lubor 33).
		When Perry arrived at Uraga in Japan with five fl ships in 1853, the Japanese did not welcome him and tried to force him to return (Fallow 21).
		Susquehanna had the world’s most contemporary designs and were two of the first ships in the American Navy to be driven by steam (21).
	www.colorado.edu /iec/SUMMER00RW/perry.htm (2998 words)

	Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - USACOE Dredge William M. Black (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The dredge William M. Black is one of a handful of steam-powered side-wheelers in the U.S. and one of only four surviving unmodified historic U.S. Army Corps of Engineers river dredges.
		She was used to complete the navigable channel on the Missouri River, making it possible to use the river for shipping wartime supplies during World War II.
		Black interprets the history and development of the western rivers and the role of the Corps of Engineers.
	www.hnsa.org /ships/black.htm (191 words)

	UGO.com Forums - View Single Post - The mystery of the black ships. (Sci-fi RPG)
		The three high counsilmen of Earth and her colonies, along with the representatives of Ithar and Cintera sat at the conference table awaiting the arrival of the members of the expeditionary force they had agreed to investigate the reports of mysterious 'fl ships' that had appeared in the frontiers around the Victory bastion.
		At first, everyone had thought the fl ships had been pirates or a separatist group.
		They had been plagued by pirates before, but they had noticed that the attacks from the fl ships was something different.
	forums.ugo.com /showpost.php?p=429443&postcount=1 (302 words)

	Profs' history show gets Broadway performance - MIT News Office
		But imagery from the award-winning project and exhibition titled "Black Ships and Samurai" will be featured in the lobby of Studio 54 when the Roundabout Theater presents Stephen Sondheim's "Pacific Overtures" beginning Nov. 12.
		Sponsors of "Black Ships and Samurai on Broadway" include the MFA and the Consulate General of Japan, as part of the 150th anniversary of U.S.-Japan relations.
		Black Ships and Samurai - Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan - Visualizing Cultures, MIT
	web.mit.edu /newsoffice/2004/arts-dower-0915.html (495 words)

	Myst and Riven Illustrated - The Sirrus/Black Ships Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sirrus yells at Achenar to try and flee, but Achenar sits there letting the Black Ship pull their boat from the water.
		The fl ship is huge compared to their miniscule Trimaran.
		Atrus is unaware of the fact that his sons are now part of the Black Ships' "family".
	www.dpwr.net /illustrated/blackships.php (490 words)

	Troy and the Trojan War
		On his way to Troy to participate in the Trojan War, Agamemnon's ships were suddenly motionless as Artemis stopped the wind in Aulis.
		An oracle had prophesied that the first Greek to walk on the land after stepping off a ship in the Trojan War would be the first to die.
		He sailed with seven ships full of men to the Trojan War, where he was planning on fighting for the Greeks.
	artzia.com /History/Ideas/Mythology/Troy (2243 words)

	The Black Ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Black Ships was the name given to the Mississippi, Plymouth, Saratoga, and Susquehanna, ships under thecommand of Commodore Matthew Perry that first arrived in Uraga Harbor.
		Because of Commodore Perry's superior military force, he was able to negotiate a treaty allowing American trade with Japan,ending the 200 year isolation period.
		The following year, at the Convention of Kanagawa,Perry returned with seven ships and forced the Shogun to sign the "Treaty of Peace and Amity," establishing formal diplomaticrelations between Japan and the United States.
	www.therfcc.org /the-black-ships-132868.html (193 words)

	The Iliad by Homer: BOOK II. How Zeus beguiled Agamemnon by a dream; and of the assembly of the Achaians and their ...
		So spake he, and the Argives shouted aloud, like to a wave on a steep shore, when the south wind cometh and stirreth it; even on a jutting rock, that is never left at peace by the waves of all winds that rise from this side and from that.
		And they that possessed Argos and Tiryns of the great walls, Hermione and Asine that enfold the deep gulf, Troizen and Eionai and Epidauros full of vines, and the youths of the Achaians that possessed Aigina and Mases, these were led of Diomedes of the loud war-cary and Sthenelos, dear son of famous Kapaneus.
		And the Mysians were led of Chromis and Ennomos the augur, yet with all his auguries wardedhe not fl fate from him, but was vanguished by the hand of fleet-footed Aiakides in the river, when he made havoc of the Trojans there and of the rest.
	www.classicauthors.net /Homer/illiad/illiad2.html (6874 words)

	Black Ships Arrive in Edo Bay
		Commodore Matthew Perry of the United States Navy and five fl ships anchored in Edo Bay yesterday.
		The fl ships in the bay are equipped with new, more accurate cannons and faster, non wind powered engines (5).
		Rieko Shimizu, "Commodore Matthew Perry: American Black Ships in the Land of the Samurai," [http://www.colorado.edu/iec/SUMMER00RW/perry.htm], July 2000.
	sun.menloschool.org /%7Esportman/westernstudies/second/24/gblock/natew (737 words)

	The Black Ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		History of PBY squadrons in the Pacific that painted their Catalina flying boats flat fl and attacked Japanese ships at night.
		Black and white photographs from 1898 with brief overview.
		Small scale models of historic ships, sail boats, wagons, cannons and fl powder cannons.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Black_ships (773 words)

	DutchMYSTCommunity > MYST- The book of the Black ships.
		Friendly visitors warned of a fleet of Black Ships which attacked and destroyed all they came upon.
		Atrus was informed of the return of the Black Ships, and decided to help the people.
		That year also saw the release of the first issue in Dark Horse Comics’ proposed four-issue mini-series Myst: The Book of the Black Ships, which was to focus on Atrus and his sons Sirrus and Achenar.
	forum.dutchmystcommunity.com /lofiversion/index.php?t1258.html (617 words)

	FateLords: Login to play this multiplayer strategy game
		They had appeared in fl ships only a few months after peace had been established, and the new Empire was no match for them.
		Right now he was engaging those very same invaders who had decimated his beloved Empire, the same ones in their mysterious fl ships who had assassinated the only man he had looked up to: the Emperor.
		He looked on at the battle, watching as his powerful fighters took out the fl ships and the carriers behind them took over planets in the wake of the fighting.
	www.fatelords.com /story-the-great-battle.shtml (489 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It would, however, be a mistake to assume that no one survived the attack." "Exactly, Larieken -- if even one lifepod got away from the ships and their attackers before they were destroyed, there's a chance we might be able to confirm the identity of the attackers.
		In case you've forgotten, Shein -- the ship or ships that did this to the Narns are still out there, and if they come back while we're searching and the Shard gets tied up in the battle, we just might be sitting ducks down here." "Sitting...
		Unfortunately, that analogy was now about to come back and bite the hand that had created it, as a small swarm of shimmery fl ships suddenly 'surfaced' from out of the hyperspace murk.
	www.sfcreators.com /b5/ff/sc-seek16.txt (14211 words)

	AllRefer.com - Matthew Calbraith Perry (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Appointed a midshipman in 1809, he first served under his brother on the Revenge and then was aide to Commodore John Rodgers on the President, which defeated the British ship Little Belt before the War of 1812 had been formally declared.
		On July 8, 1853, he anchored his four ships, including the powerful steam frigates Mississippi and Susquehanna, in lower Tokyo (then Yedo) Bay.
		For his successful expedition Perry was awarded $20,000 by Congress, which also paid for publication of the official Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan (3 vol., 1856), compiled under Perry's supervision.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Perry-Ma.html (532 words)

	Pearl Harbor Timeline \| 1600s-1853: The "Black Ships" Open Japan
		From the early 1600s to the mid-1800s the Pacific island nation of Japan was a closed society.
		The "fl ships," as the Japanese described them at the time, had come to open trade with other nations.
		Threatened by the big warships, Japan signed a trade treaty with the U.S. Within five years of Perry's visit, Japan signed trade treaties with Great Britain, Russia, France, and Holland.
	teacher.scholastic.com /pearl/timeline/time1.htm (225 words)

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