Pictorial Records
of Korea from the 16th to 19th Century
Editors’ Preface
Europe’s Knowledge of Korea: The First Steps
The Portuguese
Early Dutch Reports: Dirck Gerritsz and Jan
Huyghen
The Dutch Reach Japan
Matteo Ricci
Alvaro Semedo
Martino Martini
Arnoldus Montanus
Hendrick Hamel
The Impact of Hamel’s Account
Nicolaas Witsen
Jean Baptiste du Halde and Jean-Baptiste Régis
From the Late 18th century into the 19th Century
Lapérouse Sails Past Jeju Island in 1787
William Robert Broughton in Busan and Jeju Island
in 1797
First News of the Catholic Church in Korea
The Silk Letter of 1801
Basil Hall and Others Visit the Korean West Coast
in 1816
Koreans Seen in Japan in 1828: von Siebold
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Hugh Hamilton
Lindsay Sails into Korean Waters in 1832
Sir Edward Belcher Explores Jeju Island and the
South-West Coast in 1845
Arthur Adams Admires the Ecology of Jeju Island in
1845
The French Begin to Look Toward Korea: Cécille’s
1846 visit
Lapierre’s 1847 Double Shipwreck
An Expedition to Korea to Rescue the Crew of The
Narwal in April 1851
Fr. Maistre Reaches Korea in 1852
A Visit to Korea by the H.M.S. Barracouta, August
1855
The Opening of Korea
Keeping Russia out of Korea
Théophile Aude Visits Korea on Guérin’s Expedition
in 1858
Ernst Jakob Oppert Sails Up the Han River in 1866
The French Expedition of 1866
Father Dallet’s Histoire de l’Église de Corée
(1874) Relates the 1866 Expedition
Knowing About Korea Without Ever Going There:
Alexander Williamson in 1870
A Japanese Visitor’s Secret Trip into the Interior
of Korea in 1875
Miyamoto Okadzu’s Visit to Korea in February 1876
Fr. Gustave Mutel Enters Korea in 1880
George Clayton Foulk’s First Visit in June 1882
A Stroll in Korea by Unknown Men in August 1882
John Carey Hall’s Visit to Seoul in 1882
G. James Morrison’s Visit to Corea in July 1883
A Naval Officer Travels from Seoul to Songdo in
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