With the arrival of Admiral Perry, Japan's long period of isolationist policy was nearly at an end. Learn all about the diplomatic encounter that eventually resulted in the the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate!
At the time, in America, whaling — which is 
to say whale hunting — had become popular.
En esa época cazar ballenas
era muy popular en América.
Nesta época, nos EUA, a caça
às baleias estava em alta.