Pages 253-264 – Choi Deok-soo – ‘Chosŏn Perceptions of the World as Reflected in the Korean-British Treaty of 1882′
In June 1832, the British merchant ship the Lord Amherst sailed into Kodaedo, Hongju-mok in Chungchŏng province and proceeded to ride at anchor for twenty days as it waited for government officials to forward its letter to the King demanding the conclusion of a commercial treaty and an agreement on the fair treatment of shipwrecked…