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- The Adventure of Hendrik Hamel
- The very first contacts between Korea and "the West" came through the crew of a Dutch ship wrecked on Cheju-do. It is an amazing story and Henny Savenije, who was an actor in a TV-series about this story, dedicated a beautiful homepage to this remarkable part of Korean history.
- Transcription of Hamel's journal
- Here you find the complete manuscript of Hamel's journal in image files, as well as the transcription of the manuscript and the translation into English. By Henny Savenije.
- Hoetink's annexes
- The account of Hoetink of Hamel's story contains a number of interesting documents in annexes, in relation to Hamel's story. Revised by Henny Savenije, who added also related interesting documents. Also translated in English; you are about to enter the only existing source of these documents in English.
- Historic map of Cheju-do
- A very detailed map of Cheju-do in the 18th century; the topography will certainly not have differed much from the time when Hendrick Hamel and his fellow crewmembers shipwrecked here.
- Visit to North Korea by H. Weltevreden (in Dutch)
- The specialty of this interesting site, with pics from the North, is that the author is likely a descendant of Pak Yon (Jan Janse Weltevree) who, having been a Dutch castaway himself, became an influential person in the King's court by the time Hamel entered Korea. Hamel reported the surprising meeting with Pak Yon in detail.
- the Jiyeongnok document
- A recently discovered (1999) document about the shipwreck of the 'Sperwer', translated and commented by dr. G.K. Ledyard.
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Latest update: December 31, 2005
