First European Description of Life in Korea // 1668 'Hamel's Journal' // Primary Source

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Hendrick Hamel was shipwrecked in Korea in 1653, becoming the first Westerner to provide a first-hand account of life in the kingdom. He describes a kingdom of contrasts - blatant liars, yet incredibly credulous, very well educated but terribly misogynistic - with a range of advanced ideas, underfloor heating in their houses being one remarkable example.
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@VoicesofthePast 4 жыл бұрын

Check out mine and Pete's new channel The Entire History of the Earth kzfaq.info/love/_aOteuWIY8ITg7DQQspG1g

@dayangmarikit6860 4 жыл бұрын

Voices of the Past - I appreciate your efforts... m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oNR5hbl7mdHZipc.html but some of the paintings and artworks depicting the natives of the Philippines that you've used in the video were created during the American period, and they are not accurate because the Americans had mixed Pacific Islander and Native American costumes in their depictions of the natives of the Philippines... meanwhile the Spanish who actually made contact with the natives didn't depict them wearing such things. www.quora.com/Why-are-the-Spaniards-and-the-Americans-constantly-demonized-in-the-Filipino-education-system/answer/Dayang-Marikit?ch=10&share=c32b7592&srid=iQMbJ For example, the grass skirts at 0:49, 10:48 and feathered headdresses at 9:28 were not a "thing" in the Philippines, especially for the "Indianized lowland cultures" whom Magellan encountered, they rather wore a turban like cloth around their heads which is called a (putong). Lapu-Lapu migrated to Mactan from Borneo which is South of the Philippines and is much much closer to the Indianized cultures of Indonesia... the Boxer Codex is a far more accurate depiction of the natives at the time of initial contact with the Spanish. i.redd.it/fgqem2fh2kc01.jpg Here are other image made by the Spanish. 66.media.tumblr.com/6e40bd1f8a05781a721bab69029346cc/tumblr_o7cizf8z7p1rsqusgo7_640.png akopito.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/historia-de-las-islas-e-indios-visayas-2.jpg Recreated costumes. i.pinimg.com/originals/d1/c8/0e/d1c80e5ef284ff5934fe630c036ba5de.jpg And those whom they mentioned were partially naked were peasants and slaves. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Visayans_1.png By the way, I've noticed that you've uploaded an incomplete version of the accounts because a lot of things are out of context... I think that you should have made this into a series instead.... by the way I suggest for you to watch the lecture made by Dr. Capistrano Baker about pre-colonial Philippines at the Asia Society Museum in NYC. m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i8Vyndd32p2wY2w.html

@narvaromer8516 4 жыл бұрын

I highly recommend ''Korea and Her Neighbors'' written by British traveller/writer, Isabella Bird.

@hqi1321 4 жыл бұрын

Magellan, final entry: "Ow."

@Prkwon 3 ай бұрын

Huh...an extensive almost 20 videos on Japanese history, yet only one video on Korea...

@jbweld6193 4 жыл бұрын

"Guests are not permitted to leave".. today those are called prisoners.

@jarry474 4 жыл бұрын

JB Weld or North Koreans

@gaslitworldf.melissab2897 4 жыл бұрын

I would like to be a guest in Bhutan or Japan then.

@CBRN-115 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah this was a thing in East Asian nations, Isolationism. It was a dumbass shit back in the day that prevented any development Had we embraced the world, we could've been more developed

@fichehwang732 4 жыл бұрын

Ultimate isolationism policy. What a brilliant piece of steaming bullshit. This policy brought colonization that left us an wound that is still sore.

@nirbija 4 жыл бұрын

@@fichehwang732 NO! So-called "isolationism" DID NOT bring colonization! Evil invaders and criminal colonizers brought you their criminal colonization. Away with the 'victim blaming', the self-pity and the self-flagellation and the sense of insecurity, and the lack of self-pride. Koreans problems have not been because Koreans DID THE RIGHT THING by minding their own business (isolationism) and not invading and ravaging others. You see, Hwang, in the recent past 'Age of Ignorance' you will find that the general prevailing ignorance manifested itself differently in different groups of humans on the planet. If Koreans were so-called 'isolated' but Self-developed, then no evil invaders and criminal colonizers would have dared breech the Korean nation. Self-development means knowing who you truly are. And in knowing who you truly are, your ACTIONS will naturally breed the kind of reactions that would have been only in your favor. I may not be Korean; but I find many things fine and fascinating about how Koreans chose to live with themselves. As a result, I can tell you that so-called "isolationism" has been the least of Koreans problems with invaders.

@L5940 4 жыл бұрын

The Dutch were probably fairly offended over the fact that Koreans did not distinguish them from the Portuguese. Like they did not just have the 80-year war just to be confused with their enemy.

@kpimkpim349 4 жыл бұрын

If you're a reader check out Shogun by James Clavell. The same thing happens in Japan and the author illustrates it pretty hilariously. There was a part where the Japanese ask what's the difference and the guy says religion. Then the ask 'but you're both talking about Jesus Christ' and the other European goes 'yes but they're doing it wrong' lol. I'm not quoting exactly but that part took me back to the story.

@OctavioMovies 4 жыл бұрын

@@arathdjerbiz6837 They were part of Spain during the 80 years war

@WTFisDrifting 4 жыл бұрын

Derick Ofodirinwa the Japanese where shocked by the Dutch because that’s when they learned the pope didn’t have all the power the Portuguese said they had. Also mentions of numerous differences by the Japanese between the two peoples. Remember the Dutch were able to trade when other couldn’t with japan

@tugadmundo 4 жыл бұрын

@@OctavioMovies 6o long years ,from 1580 till 1640

@salazarway 4 жыл бұрын

The Dutch where not so powerful or organized as the Portuguese, and theyr intentions where much more economic then religious like the Portuguese. Years later, the Japanese and Koreans after the Portuguese arrive they expelled them to lately regret and die in the hands of the Dutch.

@BazzBrother 4 жыл бұрын

This guy sounds like he disliked the Kor-"They held us captive, forced us to dance and made fun of my nose". XD

@ddwkc 3 жыл бұрын

Some things never change. Koreans still do the same. After work we are held captive at happy hour parties, forced to dance and sing, and they make comments about your looks!

@htoodoh5770 3 жыл бұрын

@@ddwkc never knew they do that 😂

@massiveidiot3587 3 жыл бұрын

@Mr Doggo Lads thats very true! 🤯(although im korean)

@jkb1O5 2 жыл бұрын

Haha

@eatcarpet 3 ай бұрын

Yeah he was basically under captive due to Joseon Korea's isolationist policy. He was basically at the mercy of the commanders that he was with, and some treated him cruelly, which might have negatively colored his impression of Korea.

@wil97nh 4 жыл бұрын

A long square, clearly this is pre-rectangle

@deborahmahon5451 4 жыл бұрын

😁 Right?

@uh6311 4 жыл бұрын

Ethan Wilson lmao

@joshroley770 4 жыл бұрын

rectangle is a german word...

@jimmyan1976 4 жыл бұрын

lol

@noodlesoup5995 4 жыл бұрын

@@joshroley770 not German but Germanic. Big difference

@saynotop2w 4 жыл бұрын

This is a famous record among Koreans, actually. I have been hoping to find English language copy to no avail, until your video. So, thank you.

@Serai3 4 жыл бұрын

British is not a language. English is.

@indiciaobscure 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder how they feel about being called cheating, lying cowards!

@JohnYoo39 4 жыл бұрын

@@indiciaobscure I mean, their source for a lot of the stuff about temperament was from the Japanese who had been trying to conquer Korea around the time of the account so it's a useful resource for a different reason.

@Psychol-Snooper 4 жыл бұрын

@@Serai3 British English is a dialect of English. It can be contrasted with Australian English or North American English.

@mr.b3168 4 жыл бұрын

@@Psychol-Snooper fake news

@Dave3Dman Жыл бұрын

"They are an effeminate people." Well that certainly has not changed lol

@semkoops 4 жыл бұрын

In the Dutch town of Gorinchem, part of Hamel's house still stands today. It's now used as a museum detailing the life of Hendrick Hamel. I bought a modern translation of his journal there. Really interesting stuff for people interested in early European contact with East Asia or Joseon, I recommend it!

@midshipman8654 4 жыл бұрын

is early modern Dutch hard to read for modern Dutch speakers? By 1668 English is mostly understandable to modern readers, just some odd word choices and cadence, but the grammar is all there (although for notes, some literary conventions like shortening of words are hard to decode).

@stijn1144 4 жыл бұрын

@@midshipman8654 Depends really. Dialects in the south are closely related to middle Dutch and early modern Dutch, so people who speak these dialects will have an easy time understanding it. I think it's doable for people in the northern provinces as well.

@hoathanatos6179 4 жыл бұрын

@@midshipman8654 If people used early modern English pronunciation properly it would probably be more difficult to understand but it is obviously easy to read EME. By the 1600s the Hollandic Expansion started to overtake the Brabantian Expansion that affected Middle Dutch heavily in the high to late medieval period and a lot of the grammar started to become simplified by that time, too, so it should be easy for you to read as a modern speaker.

@kykale 4 жыл бұрын

I have been for my video series on Dutch cities and history. Gorinchem is a pretty town as well as Woudrichem with the Loevestein castle at the other side of the river. In Noord Holland there's a town called de Rijp, which was the home town of Jan Jansz Weltevree, the Dutch person who was in Korea before Hamel, but couldn't escape due to the isolation policy. In de Rijp there's a statue consisting of him but made out of Korean products like cameras, radios, cars and guns.

@Spartain14 4 жыл бұрын

What was book name? I'd love to read it.

@brainwashington1332 4 жыл бұрын

"They're much afraid of the sick particular those who has contagious dis tempest and therefore they presently remove them..." so this is why South Korea is so successful in combating the coronavirus.

@CBRN-115 4 жыл бұрын

@W Sjr wow, you did your studies well. And yes, we use that term quite a lot when we insult others

@fichehwang732 4 жыл бұрын

@W Sjr It's used like "epileptic" or "spastic" in korea....in an insulting sense

@pvkjhilk8323 4 жыл бұрын

oh I thought it was kimchi theory

@kevinlee1760 4 жыл бұрын

@Nikolaij Brouiller That is true! In very rural county sides long time ago, probably a few today. It's a social problem in Korea too and we're trying to break it down. Happy to see foreigners like you acknowledge the problem. Keep on the study!

@fichehwang732 4 жыл бұрын

@Nikolaij Brouiller this is true. every koreans were shocked when we found slaves in rural islands, namely 신안

@zxp8272 4 жыл бұрын

Tartars in China has many meanings. It can refer to tartars , and can also refer to other nomads . For example, tartars here means Manchus. Tatar used to be a contempting word which is used to call invading nomads. So at that time, Koreans really despise Qing dynasty and see them as brutal invaders to Ming dynasty.

@ufosrus 4 жыл бұрын

And I am pretty sure the 7:10 picture is that of Kang-Shi, the Manchurian emperor of China.

@mimichaten 4 жыл бұрын

pax tatar

@Altrantis 4 жыл бұрын

He was probably referring to the western tartars from Ukraine, which, to Europeans, would extend to all nomadic peoples of central asia, the same way the koreans were referring to all europeans as portugese.

@erlingqiericyice1977 4 жыл бұрын

@@Altrantis no he is refering manchu.

@erlingqiericyice1977 4 жыл бұрын

@@Altrantis there is estern tartar, which is manchu, and wester tartar which is as you mentioned

@TheCarDetailingChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Update: I just signed up for Magellan TV using the link for the free month and subsequently signed up for the full year for about 60 bucks or 5 per month. After 2 minutes of exploring, I can tell you that this is more than worth it if you like documentaries; I'm just sad I haven't signed up for Magellan until now. Thank you for making these incredible videos. Voices of the Past & History Time are two of the best channels on KZfaq. Definitely signing up for the Magellan free trial.

@ayske1 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for fulfilling my request. A few people hissed at it but I'm sure they're thankful for it now!!

@parmentier7457 3 жыл бұрын

Hamel was not the first Dutchman in Korea at the time. When Hamel was brought to the king, a Dutch-Korean interpreter (Jan Jansz. Weltevree) came to the palace. Hamel was very surprised about this. Jan Jansz. Weltevree was in the palace for 26 years and was also an adviser to the king. He married a Korean and had two children. According to Jan Jansz. Weltevree there were also other Dutch stranded on the coast of Korea and even served the Korean army. Foreigners stranded on the coast of Korea were never allowed to leave the country. After Hamel was fully integrated into Korean society, Hamel managed to escape Korea after 13 years.

@deadby15 3 жыл бұрын

Parmentier 7 North Korea is just being true to the long-held tradition, I guess.

@kimashitawa8113 Жыл бұрын

Where can i read more about this, i've never heard of it.

@fhfhtiti6503 Жыл бұрын

@@kimashitawa8113 just search up his name jan jansz or pak yon

@kimashitawa8113 Жыл бұрын

@@fhfhtiti6503 Ai

@lucassmith1886 4 жыл бұрын

How does this channel not have ten million subscribers?! I absolutely love this channel, an awesome way to learn straight from the source, no filter. Excellent work man, keep on keeping on!

@BeeDingaling 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, a very negative report on korea

@markmuller7962 Жыл бұрын

It is actually scary to me that we're such a small community in appreciation of this fundamental culture, the world is a scary dark place where anything horrible can happen at any moment due to widespread ignorance

@ammass321 2 күн бұрын

probably because the account holders are very well versed in geography and politics, they even are often able to foreshadow world evens in their descriptions.

@noahkidd3359 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. Fantastic stuff!

@MattttG3 Жыл бұрын

Why are you all forgetting to like these videos?!? It’s insane to me how great these all are on this channel and yet how little likes the videos all have 🤦‍♂️ what the literal hell is going on here! No respect for true talent, skill, narration skill and overall elegance in making me feel right back in time to experience what is being read. Seriously , amazing work on this channel and thank you so much . Please don’t stop

@daymal2717 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are totally rewatchable, I love the format.

@kenricnarbrough8191 4 жыл бұрын

good stuff sir. please keep it a coming.

@timdella92 4 жыл бұрын

Can you do Magellan next and his adventures and later demise in the Philippines. That would be awesome.

@VoicesofthePast 4 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@VoicesofthePast 4 жыл бұрын

Not next but soon

@joehannengelocequena325 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro i used to read pigafettas journal about the first voyage.. Its outlandish thanks again for suggesting this.

@rewanji 4 жыл бұрын

The portuguese name is Magalhães, not Magellan.

@waraywaraytv8837 4 жыл бұрын

@@VoicesofthePast YOU CAN USE THE BOXER CODEX AS A REFERENCE TO EARLY FILIPINOS

@thesatisfiedcustomer4869 4 жыл бұрын

These first accounts are class ! I hope you have more up your sleeve 🙏🏼 I wonder what 17th century taverns in Korea was like !

@daveharrison84 4 жыл бұрын

4:42 does that seagull have only one leg?

@skyant3030 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah only 1 leg

@KnuxTube 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad someone else noticed that

@three33three33 4 жыл бұрын

I thought I'm the only one who noticed that

@grigoryzinoviev244 4 жыл бұрын

Seagulls rest on one leg so they're drawn like that sometimes

@CBRN-115 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, the mythical one-legged seagulls Sadly, we ate them all so they are extinct.

@JohnYoo39 4 жыл бұрын

It's fascinating with context to see what the foreigners were excluded from seeing, and all the other misunderstandings and omissions.

@82dorrin 4 жыл бұрын

How the hell did Europeans in 1668 know about Magellan TV??

@manelpaulino1251 4 жыл бұрын

Magalhães*

@LuisAldamiz 4 жыл бұрын

About Magellan, they did, about TV not yet.

@bmona7550 4 жыл бұрын

They knew about Magellan because he was killed in the Philippines, one of China's favored trade route. East Asia were also much aware about the Spanish colonization to the point it led the Japanese to want to stay in isolation for a while

@user-jo2cv1dy1b 4 жыл бұрын

@Paulo Ramos A portuguese under the Spanish crown, don't see much difference

@seppukuart9213 4 жыл бұрын

I might be late....but I am very thankful to have found this channel.

@patrickrose1221 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing ! Thank you so much .

@KimTaeHwan114 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I get it. Joseon Dynasty was a quite closed era in korean history. Well instead Goryeo Dynasty before that, many merchants from other countries visited and cell their goods very well. Arabians who visited Goryeo Kingdom,they spread the word call 'Korea'.

@Junseo0510 11 ай бұрын

As a Korean, this is a very incredible story and I'm very glad to have watched this video. There's never been a more educational comment section, and I've learnt a lot. To any Dutch people, please forgive my past countrymen for making fun of your noses. Your noses are great! 👍

@victorsamsung2921 7 ай бұрын

No worries. If Indonesians can do it with the "Dutchman" monkey ... so can the Koreans. Haha

@MrAmitkr007 3 ай бұрын

Haha it's ridiculous for you to ask forgiveness for what they did. They had their own reasons and prejudices. Just like how Europeans tend to be highly prejudiced

@Kamarovsky_KCM 4 жыл бұрын

Are there any texts of the East Asians describing the life in Europe?

@Altrantis 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe but probably as explained to them by the European merchants. It was the Europeans that were in the habit of traveling to distant lands. If any East Asians made their way to Europe at the time it would have been on an European vessel.

@bulk_manifesto3624 4 жыл бұрын

Watch saimdang. It's a korean drama about first korean in Italy

@CBRN-115 4 жыл бұрын

Marko Polo wrote a journal I believe. But at that time, China was ruled by Mongolians

@annie_xo 4 жыл бұрын

There are some on this channel, I saw one where a Chinese scholar described life in the Roman Empire.

@Pedrosa2541 4 жыл бұрын

Certainly there is in XIX century, but prior to that I don't know.

@jamezkpal2361 4 жыл бұрын

Such wonderful narration.

@yaleyoon6856 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Voices of the Past, this is the first time I've watched this channel and it's so cool how you found out about this obscure event. I didn't expect people to know about this other than Koreans and experts. After watching this I thought of another historical source related to Korea. It's a diplomatic mission sent by Song China to Korea in 1123 and one of the main members of the mission, Xu Jing (徐兢), wrote in meticulous detail about all that he learned about Korea. Title: . It's a rare gem that reveals much otherwise unknown knowledge about medieval Korea from the Chinese point of view. It's a very different account from Hamel's journal! Actually just thought of a couple other sources but I think this one's good enough for now b/c this comment is already too long 😅

@VoicesofthePast 4 жыл бұрын

Please continue! Just looked up that source- fantastic I'm gonna try and get hold of it.

@shindousan 4 жыл бұрын

5:27 So their ancient methods would still be quite effective against Covid-19 there today.

@andrewstupak6668 4 жыл бұрын

They seem to already have it under control.

@CBRN-115 4 жыл бұрын

@@andrewstupak6668 well, I'm not sure right now. There are still some people getting infected here and there

@roseclouds5838 4 жыл бұрын

I think it was more about disabled folks.....

@Wandrative 4 жыл бұрын

*early modern methods. If not at least Medieval. Why the heck do you guys say ancient to less then 400 year old stuff???

@MrRinoHunter 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, learned alot actually.

@anasevi9456 4 жыл бұрын

one of your best read, thanks mate!

@mermanhellville 4 жыл бұрын

*blanks on the word rectangle* it's like... You know... Long square Ps. Love those cats. For some reason based on your voice I always inagined you as an old kind proffessor type 🤭

@dravenocklost4253 4 жыл бұрын

Hes in the new professor/later student stage, give him time lol

@danielbakergill 4 жыл бұрын

Love the content. I'm a very happy patron. I hope one day you won't need the revenue from paid sponsorships at all.

@VoicesofthePast 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan, your support is very much appreciated. Glad you enjoy it 😁

@Vexling 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone else notice the one-legged bird just killing it in the sky at 4:41? lol

@IudiciumInfernalum 4 жыл бұрын

Hamel's cheeky commentary at the end made me lol.

@htoodoh5770 3 жыл бұрын

What he said?

@paweandonisgawralidisdobrz2522 4 жыл бұрын

4:50 ah yes the most credible source about Korea... the japaneese 40 years after they had a war against them...

@slyrooster1241 4 жыл бұрын

To be fair that's the only source they had to rely upon so he couldn't think they were not a critical source

@Octavus5 4 жыл бұрын

@@Avatrass But also quite understandable given that NE Asia enjoyed hundreds of years of peace and no one expected Japan to invade.

@jesusmora9379 4 жыл бұрын

@@Avatrass but they sent an army of zombies against the samurais!

@mikeyu5769 4 жыл бұрын

@@Avatrass but Japan still lost the war.

@ArkhBaegor 4 жыл бұрын

@@Avatrass Save for one disgruntled admiral...

@davidhuber2029 4 жыл бұрын

After a decade in Korea, I miss an ondal so much. - 20C outside and you can turn that thing on for an hour, sleep on a mat all night and turn it back on in the morning, hop in the shower and come out to a nice toasty room. Man, do I miss that.

@happydrawing7309 Жыл бұрын

From?

@alanhill5337 10 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍👍👍👍👍

@Jakob.Hamburg 4 жыл бұрын

ty for the video

@celtofcanaanesurix2245 4 жыл бұрын

I always find these early cultural contacts to be quite interesting

@mothbutt3832 4 жыл бұрын

Wtf you're handsome; I wasn't expecting that for some reason.

@fuferito 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the both of us is deeply closeted.

@bulk_manifesto3624 4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm he isn't I think. I'm easily impressed on white guys but he's too plain and homely

@59Lemony 4 жыл бұрын

@@bulk_manifesto3624 wtf, he's like 8/10 - lower your standards :D

@heinuchung8680 4 жыл бұрын

Tenuous Links Radio he is tall where it counts ;)

@waltersobchak5481 4 жыл бұрын

Bunch of wrong'uns

@elfspicer 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful account, thank you

@WaxWolfOFFICIAL 4 жыл бұрын

A long square... unironically the best description of a rectangle ever

@epg96 4 жыл бұрын

Wow cool, thanks for accepting my req. Wish you can make video about Taiwanese aboriginals

@VoicesofthePast 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Evan, was a great idea

@72vince27 4 жыл бұрын

@@VoicesofthePast Why won't you do more Sub Saharan Africa my man? Even if it is African nations meeting other African nations.

@justagoodlifes 4 жыл бұрын

72vince27 Never Ever going to do it. they were slaves LOL

@72vince27 4 жыл бұрын

@Based Hunter I think about guys like you when I have sex with white women. The incel/racist white man is my stimulus package for chasing and flirting with Rose, Becky and Meredith etc. And for many, many, many other black men/boys too. Keep doing what you do.

@chonulgwiin5051 4 жыл бұрын

Chiang Kai Shek killed Native aboriginals

@ItsPronouncedQ 4 жыл бұрын

Could you read some excerpts from The Customs of Cambodia (1296) by Zhou Daguan?

@LordJordanXVII 4 жыл бұрын

Love your voice.

@kaltonian 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant yet again. Further more these cultures that excisted hundreds of years ago can teach us a thing or to about living standards & hygiene wouldn't you agree ?

@CBRN-115 4 жыл бұрын

Here's a fun fact: East Asian countries like Korea and Japan (I don't know about China though) thought that cutting hair was a terrible thing because it was given to you by your parents. So that's why back in the medieval times, people had a hair bun.

@Leo-us4wd 4 жыл бұрын

Could you do a video on vinland sagas + European description of the Skraeling

@edwardkim8972 4 жыл бұрын

Not positive, but then again Hamel was pretty much imprisoned in Joseon and not allowed to leave.

@ericdunn9001 4 жыл бұрын

He was trying to be objective by european standards of the time but you can tell that he didn't want to be in korea. Back then europeans were obsessed with exploration and these exploration accounts were extremely popular. Some things that sound offensive in its modern translation wouldn't be at the time (for example columbus saying native americans would make good servants meant servants of god not of the europeans).

@mousedoc88 4 жыл бұрын

That bird only got one leg

@heinuchung8680 4 жыл бұрын

mousedoc88 lost in the Korean war

@matejvrtelka6519 4 жыл бұрын

@@heinuchung8680 Imjin war

@Garrett_Rowland 4 жыл бұрын

Possibly, but they also like to tuck one leg up next to their body. So that is more likely I think.

@anna3046 4 жыл бұрын

I just started watching this, and it must be the Portuguese, the first Europeans that arrived in Korea! They were already all over Asia for at least 100 years before any other Europeans arrived!

@barrygelderblom7195 4 жыл бұрын

This is the first account from a foreigner in Korea, but it has been reported that there were Portuguese in Korea before the Dutch. The Portuguese just didn't document it before the Dutch. You snooze you lose I guess.

@yuguozheng9253 4 жыл бұрын

“Long square” Correct me if I’m wrong, but we call those rectangles

@eskay7272 4 жыл бұрын

Omg thank you I thought I was going crazy

@davidjames4915 4 жыл бұрын

He's reading from a translated 17th century Dutch account. It's possible that the modern Dutch word for a rectangle didn't yet exist, so the translation has given a literal English translation of the original Dutch terms. As it is, the modern Dutch word for a rectangle literally translates into English as "straightcorner". English 'rectangle' is itself of Latin origin, meaning nothing more than "right angle" so when we say that a rectangle has four right angles we're saying, in effect, that a 'rightangle' has four right angles. So the irony is that the term used in the video - "long square" (or "longsquare") - is in fact more accurate as a descriptor of a rectangle than anything else. And on further research, the Dutch word of the era for a square was likely 'vierkant' - literally "fourside". Even now, "langvierkant" comes out as "long square" in Google Translate. So there you go.

@yuguozheng9253 4 жыл бұрын

David James Huh. Thanks for clearing that up!

@-TasyaNabila 4 жыл бұрын

Voices of The Past, it's been troubling me for weeks, I want to know what is the outro music around minute 17:08 in the your Viking Funerals eyewitness Ibn Fadlan video is? Please do tell the melody's haunting my head and I want to keep listening 🥺

@jimohara 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic

@OfficialMINIm 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Ive heard of this journal but never really looked into it

@thescarlethunter2160 3 жыл бұрын

4:42 - Fun note : that bird only has one leg 🦵

@coconuthunterlemons 4 жыл бұрын

Korea was straight up living in Sid Meier's Civilization, " only 12 kingdoms, bahaha no more idiots"

@Kylephibbsky 4 жыл бұрын

coconuthunterlemons maybe some city-states I guess.

@icequeen8531 4 жыл бұрын

4:34 One legged bird flying beautifully!

@free_at_last8141 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, Hamel liked his Magellan TV.

@nooneimportant834 4 жыл бұрын

I would like an Islamic or Chinese/Japanese account of the Americas during colonization and exploration. Or if not, at least their opinions on the Native Americans.

@MrTheWaterbear 4 жыл бұрын

Johnny James Ferreira What the fuck are you on about? Yes, pre-contact Americans came from northern Asians who crossed to the Americas through Alaska, mainly. There may have been some Polynesian admixture, but very insignificant. That’s what every single piece of evidence points towards.

@alexaltair6076 4 жыл бұрын

Johnny James Ferreira The Solutrean Hypothesis has been debunked several times, it’s impossible that western hunter gatherers from THE BAY OF BISCAY paddled from Aquitaine to Newfoundland when the currents in the North Sea would be fighting against them in such a way.

@alexaltair6076 4 жыл бұрын

Johnny James Ferreira Any data attributed to “Solutreans” have been mistaken instances of Clovis type lithics, or other such artifacts. This has been since the hypothesis started.

@ayske1 4 жыл бұрын

Johnny James Ferreira no one important there. Arrogance at its best lol

@jic1 4 жыл бұрын

@@ayske1 "no one important" is the person he was replying to.

@Zninety 4 жыл бұрын

When speaking about the King telling them sing and dance, I immediately started thinking about K-pop.

@CBRN-115 4 жыл бұрын

Ancient Kpop? Oh Jesus christ XD

@annie_xo 4 жыл бұрын

Fiamo Scarlette I feel like that’s the case with pretty much all countries. Every culture has its own traditional folk songs, sadly many of them here in Sweden are almost entirely forgotten.

@fichehwang732 4 жыл бұрын

Jesus, don't bring those k-pop fans....

@Tom19142 4 жыл бұрын

@@fichehwang732 Korean Jesus, help us from K-pop fans!

@DigitalDuelist 4 жыл бұрын

Thid is a GREAT series!

@mannymarotta Жыл бұрын

These small glimpses of worlds long lost are invaluable to history

@blueeyedsoulman 3 жыл бұрын

"Addicted to steeling and so apt to cheat and lie there is no trusting them." This describes my ex-wife exactly.

@Liukanginthehouse 3 жыл бұрын

was she korean too lmao!

@danwiberg3778 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@ingwiafraujaz3126 2 жыл бұрын

Steeling or stealing?

@happydrawing7309 Жыл бұрын

Hamel misunderstood the custom of Koreans at the time. It's not stealing because all the people had known each other so long time so they let their people use neighbors stuffs without asking.

@ronanchristiana.belleza9270 Жыл бұрын

@@happydrawing7309 OH? Can you enlightened us more? i wish to know more about their Era

@klauskowski4241 4 жыл бұрын

Already watched some of your videos, but didn't subscribe to your channel until I realized you own some cats. Showing your cats to others might be a genius tactical move :)

@ThrillaWhale 4 жыл бұрын

Those underfloor heaters sound comfy as fuck.

@Danosauruscrecks 4 жыл бұрын

I got to get one of those traditional heated floors.

@RyllenKriel 4 жыл бұрын

4:40 fly on one legged seagull! I believe in you!!!

@joehannengelocequena325 4 жыл бұрын

Do ancient philippines by pigafettas journal, its really interesting

@Jackben1mble 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, great quarantine practice

@boohoo2948 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, you're young!

@tristanjorritsma9709 2 жыл бұрын

Being one of the first Europeans (or asians, middle easterners, Indians, Africans, indig. People too) thought for the first time when they came upon a brand new society they knew nothing about. It must’ve been incredible.

@sidecharacter0167 4 жыл бұрын

4:41 oh nooo the bird has only one leg

@jeremyTallen1 2 жыл бұрын

This explains alot .....

@fiachradillon 4 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video of life in ancient Celtic Ireland pls

@MrThatguyuknow 4 жыл бұрын

As always, he did fairly good with the info he was given but I have to say its pretty amazing that after telling his own tall tales the traveler is annoyed that the people of Korea were doing the same about his party. Its always fascinating to me just how sepparated the east and western part of the world were for most of history in all ways but trade.

@juandavidrestrepoduran6007 2 жыл бұрын

That separation remains bro

@MrTheWaterbear 4 жыл бұрын

I was getting excited to send this to my Korean girlfriend, but on second thought, I don’t think she’d be flattered XD

@won1853 4 жыл бұрын

It's ok, we learn about Hamel in school. Also Hamel was basically a prisoner and was treated like shit so no wonder he was mad at Koreans.

@Serai3 4 жыл бұрын

No culture at ANY period is perfectly reasonable.

@algonzalez6853 4 жыл бұрын

Broken branch

@nickbarton9219 4 жыл бұрын

@@GeoHdReal what a sad little fella you are.

@MrTheWaterbear 4 жыл бұрын

Geo Geo I’m Danish. I’ve lived in America, Canada, Belgium, Japan and Denmark. I don’t give a shit where a lovely person comes from, if I fall in love with them, their personality, life goals and actions are all that matters. I don’t want to live in Korea, because I disagree with many aspects of their society. Then again, that applies to the US as well. That’s why I’m trying to stay in Denmark. I’ll gladly see a future where I have a “mixed race” family growing up here with free education and free healthcare. A great job market and very safe society. Where will you be, rude and ignorant YT user?

@felonious_c Жыл бұрын

Omg! .... That seagull at 4:45 only had 1 leg! 🥺

@oparasatauwaya 4 жыл бұрын

If it's to help you, I'll sign up for it

@lizonyuh2290 2 жыл бұрын

Proper title "Hamel roasts Korea while explaining it for sixteen minutes straight"

@joedemelfie5509 4 жыл бұрын

You have a great voice sir. Hope you get some other work jobs money for it.

@cryptowhale4886 4 жыл бұрын

Cool👍

@lukeporras1288 3 жыл бұрын

9:05 we got a Tsushima name drop lol

@joedemelfie5509 4 жыл бұрын

Do you really speak like this or just act like this when you read the way you talk I mean? Very neat.

@suprcrzy 4 жыл бұрын

I spek liek this alll the tyme

@LeukipposOfAbdera 4 жыл бұрын

What country are you from and in which country do you live?

@joedemelfie5509 4 жыл бұрын

@Timothy Dexter the way he chooses to speak when he reads how it is written. The accent and tone of voice and how he articulates his words as he reads them. I can't believe I hate to say all this. Pretty silly honestly. I'm asking does he talk like this or just read the texts cool like he does. Maybe he does talk like this. Smh come on. :)

@diegoyuiop 3 жыл бұрын

@Timothy Dexter Does he speak in a weird way?

@otherperson 4 жыл бұрын

How about the Hittite’s first description of the Ahhiyawa (possibly the Bronze Age Greeks) from the Annals of Murshili II.

@lookoutforchris 3 жыл бұрын

This guy histories.

@philipklemow8082 4 жыл бұрын

I love what u do keep up the job buddy

@saynotop2w 4 жыл бұрын

A correction on the tobacco, it's nam-bang-cho, where ch of the cho is the same one in cheese.

@Ares_gaming_117 4 жыл бұрын

I wasnt expecting a face to match the voice! What a handsome chap

@roseyfunkalisious7474 4 жыл бұрын

Is there any Roman records of Hibernia? Or any accounts of Dutch first contact with the Aboriginals of Australia?

@geekychannel1524 4 жыл бұрын

Pls make a video about the european description of life in vietnam.

@FOLIPE 4 жыл бұрын

It'd be interested to hear from the European travellers that went to Latin America both during colonization and during the early independence period.

@bgcvetan 4 жыл бұрын

They have come a long way indeed, i doubt their ancestors would recognize them now.

@bulk_manifesto3624 4 жыл бұрын

I knew all of this because I watched a lot of korean period dramas. Accurate

@sa5m225 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, I wasn't shook when I heard Korean men had many wives.

@larrywave 4 жыл бұрын

Would love to learn about korean history any video suggestions that i could find on youtube ?

@sigrid6741 4 жыл бұрын

Sadly, there aren't very many but I can recommend '우물 밖의 개구리The Frog Outside the Well'. The channel is run by a retired professor of Korea Studies. His channel has a mix of history and more general videos explaining (modern) cultural aspects etc. If you'd like to dive a bit deeper into the history of Korea I'd recommend reading 'A History of Korea: From Antiquity to the Present' by Michael J. Seth.

@larrywave 4 жыл бұрын

@@sigrid6741 thanks

@freebsdojo3769 4 жыл бұрын

Sam Hawley's channel! Author of "The Imjin War".