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António Corea
António Corea () or António Korea was a Korean slave who was taken to Italy. He is possibly the first Korean to have set foot in Europe. Little is known about Corea's life; he is attested to only briefly in a travelogue by his Italian master Francesco Carletti. Corea was enslaved during the 1592–1598 Imjin War and taken to Nagasaki, Japan. There, he was purchased by Carletti around 1597. They left Japan and arrived in the Netherlands around 7 July 1602. Later, Carletti wrote that Corea had settled in Rome. In the 20th century, Corea's story drew significant attention in South Korea, where popular media such as books and plays have been produced about him. Concurrently, a number of theories proliferated about Corea that are not known to be supported by evidence. It has been theorized that Corea has living descendents in the Italian village of Albi, Calabria. Recent genetic tests and surname analyses suggest this is unlikely but still possible. It has been theorized that Corea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Francesco Carletti
Francesco Carletti (1573 – January 12, 1636) was a Florentine merchant, explorer and writer. He was the first private traveler to circumnavigate the globe without royal or religious sponsorship, leaving Florence in 1591 at the age of eighteen and returning in 1606. Early life Francesco was born into a merchant family dating back to the 13th century. Upon turning eighteen, in 1591, his father Antonio sent him to Seville, where he apprenticed under Nicolò Parenti, another Florentine merchant. There, Francesco obtained a commercial education in subjects including language and geography. In 1593, Antonio joined his son in Seville and they prepared an expedition for the purpose of purchasing African slaves and transporting them for sale in the West Indies. Travels Carletti and his father departed for Cape Verde on January 8, 1594. There they purchased 50 male and 25 female slaves and set off for Cartagena, Colombia. On the journey, many suffered from illness and malnutrition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |