<br>Hello,<br><br>This year marks the 150th anniversary (1861-2011) of the publication of the first edition of Master Kim Jung-ho's renowed <i>Daedongyeojido</i>.
The second edition was published three years later, in 1864, with very
few changes. One of the changes was the year mark on the Title Page and
the Legend(ÁöµµÇ¥, ò¢Óñøö). Some scholars believe that the only reason for the
second edition was to commemorate the inauguration of the 12-year old
boy king, Kojong.
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In time for the milestone anniversary of the first edition publication, it has been learned through a German catalog, <i>Entdeckung Korea! Schatze aus Deutschen Museen</i> (Korea Discovered! Treasures from German Museums, <font size="2"><b><u>ISBN 9788986090413</u></b></font>) that the Museum of Anthropology Hamburg had owned a complete set of <i>Daedongyeojodo</i>, the only one in Europe, since 1912. Including this copy, the worldwide inventory of the map
totals 27 and Germany is the third country, outside of Korea, to own the
map, after Japan and The United States.<br><br>The map, colored over original black & white, was donated to
the museum from the collection once owned by famed German geographer Dr.
Carl Gottsche (1856-1909). Upon his death, <i>Cambridge Journals</i> ran
an obituary of Dr. Gottsche in their October 1909 issue. The obituary
suggests that he obtained the map when "Dr. Gottsche was engaged in a
geological study of Korea. A geological survey of Korea, with <b>the first geological map that had been made of the country." </b><br>
<br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Entdeckung Korea! Schatze aus Deutschen Museen </i>was
made with funding from the Korea Foundation, and lists all the Korean
cultural objects that can be found throughout German museums. <br>
<div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">The snippet of the map is shown on page 386 of the catalog:</div>
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The area depicted is from Kangwha Island to Seoul and areas in the vicinity.<br>
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</div>The entry regarding <i>Daedongyeojodo</i> states, "two maps of Seoul, one
of the city itself(1) and the other showing the city and its
environ(2).......The map bears a small legend, giving a great diversity
of symbols for administrative centres, garrisons, signalling beacons,
storehouses etc."(3)<br>
<font size="2"><br>Sheet 01 of the 1861 map, also colored, housed at The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee shows all 3 objects;<br></font>
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<font size="2">(1) Kyungjoobudo (°æÁ¶¿ÀºÎµµ, ÌÈð¼çéÝ»Óñ) - Map of Five Districts of Seoul. This is the map at the far left.<br>(2) Sosunjundo (¼ö¼±Àüµµ, âÏà¼îïÓñ) - Whole map of Capital. This is the map at second left.<br>(3) Legend (ÁöµµÇ¥,ò¢Óñøö) - In two tiers of boxes between two-page preface and tip of the map.</font><br>
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The Museum of Anthropology in Hamburg seems unsure of the year their map
was made. Unless you are well versed in Korean history and
understand traditional Chinese well enough, It is understandably hard to
distinguish between the two editions. As mentioned above, the main
differences in the 1861 and 1864 editions are on the Title Page and
Legend. <br>
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The Title Pages<br>
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Master Kim recycled the wood block of the first edition (1861) title
page to make the second edition (1864) title page by filling the
depressed part of the block with sawdust and glue to flatten out the year
mark of the 1861 edition. He than simply engraved the new year mark of 1864 on this part. The 2nd and 3rd lines unchanged.<br>
<font size="2"><b><u>1861 Title Page - Right to Left<br></u></b>1st line: 12th year of current sovereign (King Choljong),The Year of the Rooster<br>
2nd line: Daedongyeojido<br>3rd line: Edited and published by Kosanja (Kosanja,one of Master Kim's pen names)<br></font><font size="2"><b><u>1864 Title Page - Right to Left<br></u></b><div>1st line: 1st year of current sovereign (King Kojong), The Year of Rat<br>
2nd line: Daedongyeojido<br></div><div>3rd line: Edited and published by Kosanja<br>He also recycled the wood blocks used to print the actual
map by using the front and back of the blocks.<br><br>Legend<br><font size="2">The Legend of <i>Daedongyeojido</i>
varies widely from map to map because many owners of the map
personalized their own symbols to the original.</font><br>Here are 2 Legends. One in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the
other in Harvard for the Hamburg Museum to compare with their own.<br>
1861: Sheet 01 of the above University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee link shows the legend of 1861.<br>1864: V.1, seq. 4 of this Harvard map shows 1864 legend.<br> <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:3716645" target="_blank">http://nrs.<span>harvard</span>.edu/urn-3:FHCL:3716645</a><br>
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For those who are or will be in Seoul might like to visit The National
Library of Korea between June 13th and July 8th to attend the special
exhibition of the masterpiece. This will be a rare encounter with the
greatest map Korea ever produced. Truly a Korean epic!<br>
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Regards, <br><br>Kwang-On Yoo<br>
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