The Kingdom of Korea [called by the Chinese Kau-Li-Qua and by the Manchews Solho Koron]
- Bib ID:
- 7894450
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Du Halde, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste), 1674-1743, cartographer
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Scale:
- Scale approximately 1:2,011,000 (E 124°01ʹ--E 131°53ʹ/N 43°07ʹ--N 32°54ʹ).
- Printer:
- [London] : [T. Gardner in Bartholomew-Close, for Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate], MDCCXXXVIII [1738].
- Description:
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- [London] : [T. Gardner in Bartholomew-Close, for Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate], [1738]
- 1 map ; 50.6 x 35.4 cm
- Notes:
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- Map of Korea showing capitals, divisions, and provinces. Relief shown pictorially.
- "This map was copy'd from one in the Kingdom of Korea's Palace, by a Chinese Lord, sent on an Embassy to that Monarch by the Emperor of China in 1710 ... The latitude of King-ki-tau, the capital, was observed by the Chinese mathematicians : and the divisions, with the names of the provinces, are marked according to Mr. D'Anville's map of Tartary ..."
- "This plate is inscrib'd to John David Barbut Esqr. Secretary to ye. post Master General".
- Paris prime meridian. Coordinates on map converted to Greenwich longitude for this record.
- Plate from: A description of the empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, together with the kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet / Du Halde, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste). Volume 2. London : Printed by T. Gardner in Bartholomew-Close, for Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate, [1738].
- Includes cartouche, and text.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-890553868
- Subject:
- Korea -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Time Coverage:
- 1710-1738
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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