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Person1822 – 1895
Robert W. Shufeldt
US Navy commodore who negotiated the 1882 treaty with Joseon
Where they went
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Joseon’s first treaty with a Western country, signed with the US at Jemulpo through Qing mediation; it included extraterritoriality and most-favoured-nation terms.
People who appear alongside
Sin Heon1810 – 1884Joseon envoy who signed the Treaty of Ganghwa and the treaty with the United States
Themes this person appears in
- The Opening of East Asia1839 – 1901
From the Opium War to the Boxer Protocol — sixty years in which China, Japan and Korea, forced open by Western gunboats, each tried to reform and went separate ways