October 2008

Admiral Yi: The Other Lord Nelson

October 30, 2008

Many people have heard of Lord Nelson(1) and his famous naval victory in the Battle of Trafalgar(2). Far fewer people have ever heard of Admiral Yi(3) who was every bit as brilliant a naval commander as Lord Nelson, if not more so. For example, in the Battle of Myeongnyang(4): on October 26, 1597, the Korean [...]

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