General Sherman incident
제너럴셔먼호 사건
Event · incident · 1866 · Pyongyang, North Korea
In the 7th month of 1866 the American merchant ship General Sherman sailed up the Taedong river to force trade and was burnt at Pyongyang by its soldiers and people1. In 1871 five American warships attacked Ganghwa island in retaliation and were driven back2. Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, 제너럴셔먼호 사건, 「1866년(고종 3) 7월 미국 상선 제너럴셔먼호가 평양에서 군민의 화공으로 불타버린 일이다」. ↩ Jane Portal 2000, p. 109. ↩ Literatur Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, 제너럴셔먼호 사건: Anon., 제너럴셔먼호 사건, in: 한국민족문화대백과사전 (Encyclopedia of Korean Culture), 한국학중앙연구원 (Academy of Korean Studies), https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0051255 (zuletzt abgerufen am 31.10.2026). Jane Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.