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Significant numbers of Europeans began to arrive in East Asia in the mid-16th century. In 1656 a Dutch merchant ship went aground off the southern shore of Cheju Island, and its 36 surviving crewmen were taken to Seoul for detention. Thirteen years later Hendrik Hamel and seven others escaped and returned home. Hamel wrote an account of his experiences—the first book on Korea published in Europe. Along with the European merchants came Roman Catholic priests. Korea’s first significant contact with Christianity was through missionaries in China. Korean envoys to China in the 16th century brought back with them a world ...(100 of 8926 words)

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