I’ll continue posting on Western perceptions of Korea here at Frog in a Well throughout the week. I have at least seven parts planned for it. In the meantime, those interested in even earlier visitors to Korea should definitely visit Henny Savenije’s webpage.
Henny Savenije has written extensively about and translated materials related to Hendrick Hamel who wrote about Korea as early as 1666. Equally interesting is a collection of scanned pictures on the site from old books on Korea.
Finally, also relevant to the series of postings here at Frog in a Well this week is a full unabridged article by Savenije in Korean Culture in 2000 called “Korea through Western Cartographic Eyes.” Read the whole article online, and view the large number of scanned maps here and here.
