[KS] Re: Hamel again, from Cheju-do to Seoul (Quelpaert to Sior)

[sungjong.paik at uni-tuebingen.de]

dear henny,

here are my ideas about some places (based on Upchis from ChosOn Dynasty
and So yugu's <Yegyuji> in <<ImwOn kyOngjeji>>):

names in your text	my location (names in ChosOn Period)
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Haijnam (Hainan)	 Haenam (near Kangjin), important big city
			 in ChOlla-Province during ChosOn Dynasty

Naedjoo (Nachu)	         Naju
Ieham                    YOngam

Sansiangh (Changson)     ChangsOng
Huingh (?)               KUmgu

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if you want to be informed of ground of my ideas more detailed, send me
a message, please!
sincerely,

paik sungjong

Dr Sungjong Paik
Seminar fuer Sinologie und Koreanistik der Universitaet Tuebingen
Wilhelmstr. 133
D-72074 Tuebingen/ Germany
e-mail: sungjong.paik at uni-tuebingen.de
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Henny Savenije wrote:
> 
> Dear list,
> 
> Obviously van Hove didn't like to translate the journey of Hamel to Seoul,
> so I
> decided to transcribe that part and translate that into English, there are a
> few place names which puzzle me, but somebody has some ideas. Here comes the
> translated transcription (if there are people interested in the original
> transcription I can send that too) Does anyone has an idea about the missing
> place names or other ideas about the city names?
> 
> At the end of May the long expected message from the king arrived. On one side
> that gave us sadness that we had to come to the court on the other side joy,
> because we were to be released from the strong prison. Six or seven days later
> we were divided over four junks where both our legs and a hand were locked
> in a
> block because they were afraid that otherwise we would overpower the junks and
> tried to flee. That chance we certainly would have had, because during the
> passage the soldiers who had to guard us were seasick during the biggest part
> of the crossing. After we had sat two days like that, without the junks making
> a lot of progress as a result of the head wind, we were unlocked again and
> brought back to our house of detention. Four or five days later the wind came
> from the right angle and we were taken aboard of the junks before daybreak,
> where we were locked in the same way as before. Already at the evening of the
> same day we found ourselves close to the mainland where we anchored. The next
> day we were disembarked and taken into custody. The day there after we got
> horses and rode to a city called Haijnam (Hainan), where we joined at night
> all
> 36 together, because each junk moored at a different place. The next day after
> we had eaten and mounted horses again, with which we rode to a city called
> Ieham. At night gunman Paulus Janse Cool from Purmerend died there. He had
> never been healthy ever since the loss of the ship. By order of the city
> governor he was buried in our presence. From the grave we moved onto a city
> called Naedjoo (Nachu). The next day we moved on again and stayed the night in
> a city called Sansiangh (Changson), from where we left in the morning and
> stayed in the city Tiongop (Chongup), passed that day a high fortress, where
> lay a big reinforcement which was called Jipamsansiang (Ipamsansong) After we
> had stayed in the city left in the morning and arrived on the same day in the
> city Teijn (Tae'in) .The next day we sat on horseback again and came in the
> afternoon in a small city called Huingh (?), after that we had taken a
> lunch we
> left again and arrived in the evening in a big city called Chentio (Chonju),
> where the king in ancient times had his court and the cityholder of Thiollado
> (Chollado)lives there. [This city] is considered throughout the country as a
> big commercial center, which couldn't be reached by water, and therefor a city
> surrounded by land. The next morning we left again and arrived at night in a
> city called Iosan (Yosan), this was the last city from the province of
> Tsiollado, from where we left in the morning on horseback again, and stayed
> small city called Gunjin (Unjin), which layed in the province Tionsiangdo
> (Chungchondo) left the next day to a city called Insaen (Yonsan): where we
> stayed the night and were on horseback again the next morning. And arrived at
> night in a city called Kongtio (Kongju), where the Cityholder of the province
> of Shaelde has his court, the next day we passed a big river, and came into
> the
> province of Senggado (Kyonggido) where the Kings city lies.
> 
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> 
> Henny  (Lee Hae Kang)
> 
> Feel free to visit
> http://www.henny-savenije.demon.nl/index2.htm
> and you can feel the thrill about the adventures of Hamel in Korea (1653-1666)


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