Hamel's World: A Dutch-Korean Encounter in the Seventeenth Century by Jean-Paul Buys, Boudewijn Walraven, V. D. Roeper

Hamel's World: A Dutch-Korean Encounter in the Seventeenth Century

Jean-Paul Buys, Boudewijn Walraven, V. D. Roeper

192 pages first pub 2003 (view editions)

medium-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

"In 1653 the VOC ship Sperwer smashed to pieces on the rocks off a remote Koean island. There were thirty-six survivors. The king of Korea decided that the foreigners should spend the rest of their lives in his hermit kingdom. The Dutchmen were pr...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...