Hamel, Hendrik

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Summary: Hendrick Hamel was a Dutch sailor. He provided the first Western account of Korea. Wikipedia
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [5]
Gender or Sex: Male [1][3][4][5]; Unknown [2]
Born: 1630 [2][5]
Birth Place: Gorcum, Pays-Bas [3]; Gorinchem [5]
Died: 1692 [2]; 1692-02-12 [5]
Death Place: Gorinchem [5]
Country: Netherlands [2]
Language: Dutch | Flemish [3]
Occupation: explorer [5]; journalist [5]; writer [5]; seafarer [5]
Profession: Seemann [2]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Korea; 5. Wikidata

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