Jan Jansz Weltevree

On 16 July 1627 the Ouwerkerck with its captain Jan Janse de Weltevree captured a Chinese junk and its 150-man crew bound for the port of Amoy, China.

The Ouwerkerck reached safe harbor after battling a fierce summer storm that swept the area.

[1] After being captured, the three Dutch survivors were sent to Seoul and were ordered to produce artillery weapons as part of the Capital Defense force.

This group of 36 Dutchmen stayed in Korea for 13 years, working as military advisors to the Joseon Army, until 8 of them escaped to Nagasaki in 1666.

Hendrick Hamel authored the accounts of his stay in Korea, from which we hear about Jan Janse de Weltevree.