[KS] request for information on Japanese Maple

[Robert Armstrong]

         I know the subject seems misleading but I have a question on a book 
that I own about Korea.  This book is written in the third person singular 
but is claimed to be an autobiography  of a man that was in Korea from about 
1900 until 1905 working with the Italian government. I have read the book 
and found that many of the events in the book did in fact take place and 
were mainly personal events that really haven't warranted much attention 
from historians....these being the petty arguments between the diplomats, 
missionaries and their families.  What is interesting about it is that many 
of the names have been changed (maybe to protect the feelings of those 
involved).
        I have been unable to find a record of Count Daniel Percorini being 
in Korea, and he claims that he was aboard a merchant ship off the coast of 
Ullong-do during the Russo-Japanese naval battle there.
        I guess what I am trying to ask is if this book is fiction based on 
fact, non-fiction but with the names changed to protect those involved, or a 
little of both. Has anyone read this book?
        Sorry to have bothered the group with this problem.  Thanks
Robert

Japanese Maple, By Count Daniel Percorini   1935  (Italian translated into 
English)
Geoffrey Bles, London, England     This book is written in the third person 
singular but is claimed to be an autobiography  of a man that was in Korea 
at the time working with the Italian government.



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>Greetings!
>
>I have a request that I hope someone on the list may be able to fulfil.
>
>I need to find a reference map of dialects in Korea that would include
>Hwanghae and Ch'ungch'?g dialects. An on-line source would be best, but if
>someone could point me in the direction of a book that one could find in
>Korea, that would be fine, as well. I have had no luck finding such things
>with search engines, given the tremendous number of other maps that 
>inundate
>any search engine request.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>T'NP
>
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