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<P>There's a replica of the Kangnido map in the National Museum in Seoul. The original is in Ryukoko University in Japan. I see that the Wikipedia entry says it clearly depicts the Mediterranean, though to my cartographically untrained eye, it seemed to show Europe as a northward extension of Africa.<BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>Georgy Katsiaficas <katsiaficasg@wit.edu></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>Korean Studies Discussion List <Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws></I><BR>To: <I>Korean Studies Discussion List <Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws></I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [KS] Old Korean maps of Europe?</I><BR>Date: <I>Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:43:55 -0400</I><BR>>Dear all,<BR>><BR>>Attached is one such map I pulled off the internet a few weeks ago...If you<BR>>google Kangnido map (the original of which appears to be in Japan) you<BR>>should find lots of references.<BR>><BR>>Georgy Katsiaficas<BR>>Professor of Humanities<BR>>Wentworth Institute of Technology<BR>>550 Huntington Avenue<BR>>Boston MA 02115 USA<BR>>Tel +1 (617) 989-4384<BR>>Fax +1 (617)
989-4591<BR>>www.eroseffect.com<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>On 4/24/06 3:02 PM, "DeberniereTorrey" <djtorrey@yahoo.com> wrote:<BR>><BR>> > Dear List Members,<BR>> ><BR>> > On behalf of a colleague, I'm inquiring to see if<BR>> > anyone knows of any medieval Korean map that includes<BR>> > Europe or any other part of the western world?<BR>> ><BR>> > Thanks,<BR>> ><BR>> > Deberniere Torrey<BR>> ><BR>> > Dept. of Comparative Literature<BR>> > Penn State University<BR>> ><BR>> > __________________________________________________<BR>> > Do You Yahoo!?<BR>> > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around<BR>> > http://mail.yahoo.com<BR>> ><BR>><BR>
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