Note 8 — Chapter XL · PERSECUTION AND MARTYRDOM—1801–1834.
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In 1793, the first British and the first European vessel entered the Yellow Sea. It was the ship of the line Lion, on board of which was Lord Macartney, the ambassador of King George III. to Peking, the first English envoy to China. The ship did not visit or approach Corean shores. ↑