EDITOR’S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis). This is a story all too familiar to us Greeks since the mythical times of Odysseus. A Greek man leaves his native Greece, usually an island, jumps on a boat, and starts traveling the world… This is the case of Constantine Gerakis, born in 1647 on the island of Cephalonia. (link to his bio here). At the age of 13, he left the island and embarked on unbelievable adventures, eventually becoming the Prime Minister of Thailand…
ABOVE: Ban Wichayen (residence of Constantine Phaulkon), Lopburi, Thailand.
YOU CAN WATCH HIS STORY IN THE VIDEO BELOW… WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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I was amazed until he converted and left Orthodoxy….also, Juan de Fuca was from Cephalonia….1536.