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Choe Bu, an official of the Joseon dynasty, returned to Korea after months of shipwrecked travel in China.
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Choe Bu
Korean official (1454–1504)
Choe Bu was a Korean diarist, historian, politician, and travel writer during the early Joseon Dynasty. He was most well known for the account of his shipwrecked travels in China from February to July 1488, during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). He was eventually banished from the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Joseon
1392–1897 Korean dynasty
Joseon, officially Great Joseon, was a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years. It was founded by Taejo of Joseon in July 1392 and replaced by the Korean Empire in October 1897. The kingdom was founded after the overthrow of Goryeo in what is today the city of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)