Hamel s World / a Dutch-Korean encounter in the seventeenth century D.N. VARA en RTL Z

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Hamel s World / a Dutch-Korean encounter in the seventeenth century D.N. VARA en RTL ZIn 1653 the VOC ship Sperwer smashed to pieces on the rocks off a remote Korean 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 provided with food and housing and a certain amount of freedom of movement, but had no choice but to accept their fate. After 13 years eight of them managed to reach Japan in a small, barely seaworthy boat.