Lot #: 83539
CARTE DE LA PROVINCE de Quan-tong ou Lyan-tong et du ROYAUME DE KAU-LI ou COREE. |
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Description
An uncommon map of Korea by Jacques Nicholas Bellin. Centered on the west coast of Korea (Corea), covers all of the peninsular of Korea, as well as adjacent parts of Manchuria and China.
Korea, as presented here takes on a trapezoidal form with a wide flat base. The map names numerous cities and provinces through Korea as well as noting coastal island and ports. Cartographically, Bellin derived this map from an earlier though less specific 1735 map by J. B. B. D'Anville. The detail presented through the interior makes it clear that D'Anville drew his map based upon Korean sources - a first for a European cartographer. The map changed little under Bellin.
The sea between Japan and Korea, whose name, either the 'Sea of Korea,' 'East Sea,' or the 'Sea of Japan,' is here identified in favour of Korea (Mer de Coree). Historically, Korea has used the term 'East Sea' since 59 B.C., and many books published before the Japanese annexed Korea make references to the 'East Sea' or 'Sea of Korea.'
Over time, neighbouring and western countries have identified Korea's East Sea using various different terms. The St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences referred to the East Sea as 'Koreiskoe Mope' or 'Sea of Korea' in their 1745 map of Asia. Other seventeenth and 18th century Russian maps alternate between 'Sea of Korea' and 'Eastern Ocean.'
The 18th century Russian and French explorers Adam Johan von Krusenstern and La Perouse called it the 'Sea of Japan,' a term that became popular worldwide. Nonetheless, the last official map published by the Russians name the East Sea the 'Sea of Korea.' The name is currently still a matter of historical and political dispute between the countries.
This is actually one of three maps that Bellin drew of Korea - the other two of which cover a much larger area. Bellin prepared this map for Antoine-Francois Prevost's 'Historie General des voyages'.
Korea, as presented here takes on a trapezoidal form with a wide flat base. The map names numerous cities and provinces through Korea as well as noting coastal island and ports. Cartographically, Bellin derived this map from an earlier though less specific 1735 map by J. B. B. D'Anville. The detail presented through the interior makes it clear that D'Anville drew his map based upon Korean sources - a first for a European cartographer. The map changed little under Bellin.
The sea between Japan and Korea, whose name, either the 'Sea of Korea,' 'East Sea,' or the 'Sea of Japan,' is here identified in favour of Korea (Mer de Coree). Historically, Korea has used the term 'East Sea' since 59 B.C., and many books published before the Japanese annexed Korea make references to the 'East Sea' or 'Sea of Korea.'
Over time, neighbouring and western countries have identified Korea's East Sea using various different terms. The St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences referred to the East Sea as 'Koreiskoe Mope' or 'Sea of Korea' in their 1745 map of Asia. Other seventeenth and 18th century Russian maps alternate between 'Sea of Korea' and 'Eastern Ocean.'
The 18th century Russian and French explorers Adam Johan von Krusenstern and La Perouse called it the 'Sea of Japan,' a term that became popular worldwide. Nonetheless, the last official map published by the Russians name the East Sea the 'Sea of Korea.' The name is currently still a matter of historical and political dispute between the countries.
This is actually one of three maps that Bellin drew of Korea - the other two of which cover a much larger area. Bellin prepared this map for Antoine-Francois Prevost's 'Historie General des voyages'.
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