Posted on 09/13/2004 8:37:16 PM PDT by Ptarmigan
Hendrick Hamel is a Dutch sailor that ended up in Korea in 1653. Hamel and sixty-four crew members left on the Sperwer from Batavia. The Sperwer encounters a storm and the ship is gone. 28 of the 64 died. They wash ashore on Cheju Island. From their, it starts Hamel's adventure in Korea. He was like the Marco Polo of Korea. It could be possible that I could have non-Korean ancestry in me, perhaps a Dutch ancestry in me. The Journal of Hamel
Korea Through Western Cartographic Eyes
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Your welcome.
You should write this ,this way: 'You're welcome'. It is short for 'You Are Welcome'.
Interesting ping but, way more than I want to know about Hendrick or this period of time. Thanks anyway.
Sorry about that. Was typing too fast.
No problem friend. Been there, done that.
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