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*[https://archive.org/details/japangazettehon00unkngoog ''The "Japan Gazette" Hong List and Directory, for 1874''] Archive.org. '''Note''': some of the text is missing- it is not clear whether this relates to the filming, or the original publication.
* ''A History of Japan'' by James Murdoch. v. 1. ''From the origins to the arrival of the Portuguese in 1542 A.D''. -- [v. 2.]'' During the century of early foreign intercourse (1542-1651)'' / in collaboration with Isoh Yamagata. -- v. 3. ''The Tokugawa epoch, 1652-1868'' / rev. and ed. by Joseph H. Longford. [https://archive.org/details/historyofjapan01murd/page/n7 Volume I] 1910; [https://archive.org/details/historyofjapan03murd/page/n7 Volume II] 1903; [https://archive.org/details/historyofjapan03murd/page/n7 Volume III] 1926. Archive.org
*''The history of Japan, giving an account of the ancient and present state and government of that empire : of its temples, palaces, castles and other buildings, of its metals, minerals, trees, plants, animals, birds and fishes, of the chronology and succession of the emperors, ecclesiastical and secular, of the original descent, religions, customs, and manufactures of the natives, and of their trade and commerce with the Dutch and Chinese : together with a description of the kingdom of Siam'' by Engelbert Kaempfer [1651-1716], translated by John Gaspar Scheuchzer. Published 1727. [https://archive.org/details/historyofjapangi01kaem/page/n7/mode/2up Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/historyofjapangi02kaem/page/n5/mode/2up Volume II] Archive.org
:Reprint edition ''The history of Japan, together with a description of the kingdom of Siam, 1690-92'', published 1906. [https://archive.org/details/b29353452_0001/page/n7/mode/2up Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/historyofjapanto02kaem/page/n7/mode/2up Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/historyofjapanto03kaem/page/n7/mode/2up Volume III] Archive.org.
:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelbert_Kaempfer Engelbert Kaempfer], also Engelbert Kämpfer or Engelbertus Kaempferus. C 1685 Kaempfer joined the fleet of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the Persian Gulf as chief surgeon and in September 1689, arrived in Batavia. In May 1690 he set out for Japan as physician to the VOC trading post in Nagasaki. He was also the author of ''Amoenitatum exoticarum'' (Latin language) concerning Japan, published 1712 in (modern) Germany.
*[https://archive.org/details/diplomatinjapani00sato ''A Diplomat in Japan; the inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored''] by Sir Ernest Satow 1921 Archive.org. The author was in Japan from September 1862, when he was initially appointed to the British legation as a student Interpreter at Yedo/Yokohama. Includes the 1864 Shimonoski Naval actions, including British, page [https://archive.org/stream/diplomatinjapani00sato#page/102/mode/2up 102]
*''Young Japan. Yokohama and Yedo. A narrative of the settlement and the city from the signing of the treaties in 1858, to the close of the year 1879. With a glance at the progress of Japan during a period of twenty-one years'' by John R Black formerly editor of the ''Japan Herald''. Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/cu31924071147825 Volume I] 1880, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924071147833 Volume II] 1881
