[KS] AGS Library map: 1861 Territorial Map of the Great East online

[Kwang On Yoo]

To All,

It is unbelievable that UWM/AGS has such a *UNIQUE 대동여지도.
*Ms. Cope, there is one more thing you should do - hosting a big 150 year
Anniversary
(1861-2011) symposium on *the MAP.

*Thank you,

Kwang-On Yoo

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Angie Cope <acope at uwm.edu> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I would like to bring to your attention that the American Geographical
> Society Library 1861 map "Daedong yeojido" or "Territorial map of the Great
> East" is online. You may follow this link to view all 22 sheets, 1 index
> sheet and 1 composite map:
>
> http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/u?/agdm,828
>
> There are only three known copies of this map in the United States.  Both
> the AGS Library at UW Milwaukee and UC Berkeley have the 1861 edition and an
> 1864 edition is held at Harvard.
>
> At the November 20, 2009 symposium "Korean maps of the 19th Century" (
> http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/AGSL/korean_maps.cfm ) scholars from Korea
> identified a few notable features of the AGS Library's copy. First, the
> title page font matches that of the royal palace. Only one other known copy
> held in Korea shares this style title page. In addition, the AGS Library map
> has a hand drawn index sheet also showing the font of the royal palace. No
> such index sheet has ever been seen before and was likely made specially for
> George C. Foulk by King Kojong.
>
> Other materials displayed during the symposium were identified by Korean
> scholars  Kihuk Kim (Pusan National University) and Kibong Lee (National
> Library of Korea) as very valuable to researchers. Those  may be viewed
> here:
>
> Haejwa Jondo or [A native map of Chosen] -
> http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/u?/agdm,604
>
> Whole map of Seoul, 2nd Book - http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/u?/agdm,605
>
> Yeojido [atlas of Korea from between 1823-1869] -
> http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/u?/agdm,705
>
> Shannon McCune and George C. Foulk Photographs of Korea -
> http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/digilib/agsphoto/index.cfm
>
> Thank you.
>
> **-Angie
>
> Angie Cope, Senior Academic Librarian
> American Geographical Society Library
> UW Milwaukee Libraries
> 2311 E. Hartford Avenue
> Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201
>
> http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/AGSL/index.html
> Hours: M-F 8:00am-4:30pm
> acope at uwm.edu
> (414)229-6282 / (800)558-8993 (US TOLL FREE) / (414)229-3624 (FAX)
> 43°03'8"N 87°57'21"W****
> **
>
>
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