https://www.koreatimes.co.kr:443/opinion/blogs/aboutthepast/20251123/american-whalers-and-the-east-sea-in-the-1840s-peril-and-adventure
American whalers and the East Sea in the 1840s: Peril and adventure - The Korea Times
Nov 23, 2025 - In the mid-1840s, the peaceful isolation of the East Sea was disrupted by the appearance of large, strange-looking vessels — three-masted and two-d...
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