MEET THE HOWLANDS
FOLLOW THEIR JOURNEY
WITH 200 DAYS AT SEA –
HOW DID THEY PASS THE TIME ?
WHOM DID THEY MEET?

Commodore Matthew Perry
The Commodore and his men were in Macao awaiting the Japanese response to their request to open Japan for trade with the United States.

Dr. Peter Parker
American physician and missionary who introduced Western medical techniques into Qing Dynasty China.