Memorial to King Seonjo, 1597
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Your servant still has twelve warships.
Nanjung Ilgi, the War Diary
亂中日記
Yi Sun-sin · 1592–1598
An admiral's diary through seven years of war.
Written in the field, a UNESCO Memory of the World record.
Written in the field, a UNESCO Memory of the World record.
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01 02 Address before Myeongnyang, 1597
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Those who are resolved to die shall live; those who seek to live shall die.
