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[[File:Ticonderoga-1863.jpg|left|thumbnail|300px400px|USS Ticonderoga in 1863 - 15 years before Shufeldt's voyage]]__NOTOC__
Between 1878 and 1880, Commodore Robert Shufeldt commanded the U.S.S. Ticonderoga on a mission to Africa, the Middle East, and Asia to further open those regions to U.S. trade. The voyage was moderately successful at raising awareness of U.S. manufacturers, but concrete results in trade agreements were mostly lacking, except for an unratified 1880 treaty with Anjouan. However, Shufeldt was able to lay the groundwork for an 1883 commercial treaty with Korea.
