[KS] Digitising manuscript maps of Korea

[Henny Savenije]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ­ Yale University's libraries 
are teaming with the National Library of Korea to 
transform 140 volumes of rare Korean works into digital formats.

The books, which Yale owns, date mostly from the 
late 18th and early 19th centuries. They include 
religious, secular and official publications. 
Many were donated in 1934 by a Yale alumni group in Japan.

Yale officials say making the collections 
accessible online will help more people learn 
about the late Joseon Dynasty period, the 
country's final ruling dynasty that spanned more than 500 years.

The books include manuscript maps, woodblock 
prints, a novel in the native Korean script known 
as hangul and Confucian texts.

The National Library of Korea will include the 
images its online repository with digital 
versions of more than 430,000 other items from 85 collections worldwide.

<http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/9ea6cf1f3cd1485a951c35f0a80b898f/CT--Korean-Books-Yale/>http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/9ea6cf1f3cd1485a951c35f0a80b898f/CT--Korean-Books-Yale/


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http://www.henny-savenije.pe.kr Portal to all my sites
http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr 
(in English) Feel free to discover Korea with Hendrick Hamel (1653-1666)
http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr/indexk2.htm In Korean
http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr/Dutch In Dutch
http://www.vos.henny-savenije.pe.kr Frits Vos 
Article about Witsen and Eibokken and his first Korean-Dutch dictionary
http://www.cartography.henny-savenije.pe.kr (in 
English) Korea through Western Cartographic eyes
http://www.hwasong.henny-savenije.pe.kr Hwasong the fortress in Suwon
http://www.oldKorea.henny-savenije.pe.kr Old Korea in pictures
http://www.british.henny-savenije.pe.kr A British encounter in Pusan (1797)
http://www.genealogy.henny-savenije.pe.kr/ Genealogy
http://www.henny-savenije.pe.kr/phorum Bulletin board for Korean studies


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