Daedongyeojido, Kim Jeong-ho's great map of Korea
Daedongyeojido, gran mapa de Corea de Kim Jeong-ho
- Date
- 1861 · confidence high
- Place
- Seoul, South Korea
- Credited to
- Kim Jeong-ho
- People
- 👤 Kim Jeong-ho1804–1866
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What it is
A map of the whole peninsula in 22 folding sheets printed from woodblocks, at a scale of about 1:160,000, with symbols for roads, fortresses, ports and mines and distance marks every ten ri. It was the most detailed map of Korea before modern surveying.
Kim Jeong-ho prepared the Cheonggudo first (1834) and published the Daedongyeojido in 1861. The popular story that he was imprisoned for the map is not documented.
What it led to
- printed cartography of Korea and reproduction in large numbers
- basis of military and administrative maps until the early 20th century
- a reference for Korean historical geography