1904.Korea. by Hamilton, A. (Angus)

Korea (1904)http://www.archive.org/details/korea00hamigoog
Hamilton, A. (Angus), 1874-1913 New York, C. Scribner's sons
Year: 1904

Sea of Japan: Sea of Japan
Broughton bay: Broughton Bay
Yellow Sea: Yellow Sea

Chapter Ⅰ
SUPERSTITION AND BELIEFS
P7 (N61)
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Englishmen were　not　the　sole　navigators　who　were　attracted　by　the　unknown　character 　of　the　land,　and　the　surpassing dangers of the waters, around the Island of Quelpart, wherre the Sea of Japan mingles in tempestu-ous chaos with the Yellow Sea. Russian and French navigators also worked their way throught the danger-ous shoals and quicksands, along the tortuous and muddy rivers, into the harbours and throught the narrow straits which hold back these islands from the main land.　The shores teem with the distinguished　name　of　men　of　science　and　sons　of　the　high　seas.　 Following　the　curl　and　twist　of　its　configuration a host of buried names are revealed, the last evidence of men who are dead and forgotten. It is infinitely patheric that even this one last resting-place should b e denied to their reputations. ,who shares Broughton's Bay; Unkoffsky, who foundered in the waters of the bay which is described by his name; the ill-fated La Perouse, who, in June, 1787, discovered in the Sea of Japan an island which now bears the name of the astronomer-Dagelet. Durock, Pelisier, Schwartz, and the rest- what echo do we find of them, their fates, and subsequent careerrs? Should not their names at least bear witness to their pains and labours, to the difficulties which they faced, to the small joy of something attempted something done, wich was their sole consolation for may hours of cheerless and empty vigil?