1st Edition
Anglo-Korean Relations and the Port Hamilton Affair, 1885-1887
By Stephen A. Royle
Copyright 2017
180 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
180 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
180 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In April 1885 the British navy seized the small archipelago of Port Hamilton (now Geomundo) off Korea, an incident dubbed the Port Hamilton Affair. This was part of a larger story of Empire and East Asian geopolitics involving China, Japan, Korea and Russia. At the time Britain and Russia seemed close to war over Afghanistan, and taking the islands, with their sheltered anchorage, would deny them... Read more
1 Mercantilist imperialism in East Asia in the late nineteenth century
2 Opening up the ‘hermit kingdom’
3 ‘On the alert’: not taking Port Hamilton in 1875
4 The annexation of Port Hamilton in 1885
5 Port Hamilton as a British possession
6 Hauling down the Jack: leaving Port Hamilton, 1887
7 Conclusion: ‘the impact of the occupation lingered on’
Appendix
Biography
Stephen A. Royle is Emeritus Professor of Island Geography, School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast.
