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Identifier: narrativeofexped05perr (find matches)
Title: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858 Hawks, Francis L. (Francis Lister), 1798-1866
Subjects: United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854)
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company (etc., etc.)
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KURO-SIWO — JAPANESE GULF-STREAM. 495 north, at a distance of six miles, should steer for the southern end of Oho-sima, which can he seen, in this position, in clear weather. After passingthe southern end of Oho-sima, the navigator should steer west for the har-bor. No specific account is here given of the currents, which are rapid andirregular throughout the Grulf of Yedo. The only sure guides, therefore,are the charts, the cross-bearings of the more prominent islands, and a goodlook-out. Along this part of the coast, the influence of the stream, calledby the Japanese, Kuro-siivo, was quite perceptible. It never ceases to runin a northeasterly direction. On this current the observations of our officers are particularly interest-ing. A detailed report thereon, was made by Lieutenant Bent. We herepresent merely the general results attained by the gentlemen of the expe-dition. They found on the coast of Japan a stream analogoug, in many re-spects, to the gulf stream on our Atlantic co

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