Gim Jeong-ho
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Gim Jeong-ho | |
Hangul | 김정호 |
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Hanja | 金正浩 |
Revised Romanization | Gim Jeongho |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chŏngho |
Art name | |
Hangul | 고산자 |
Hanja | 古山子 |
Revised Romanization | Gosanja |
McCune–Reischauer | Kosanja |
Courtesy name | |
Hangul | 백원 or 백온 |
Hanja | 伯元 or 伯溫 |
Revised Romanization | Baegwon, or Baegon |
McCune–Reischauer | Paegwŏn, or Paegon |
[kim dʑʌŋho, koːsʰandʑa, pɛɡwʌn/pɛɡon] |
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Kim Jeong-ho (
Korean peninsula, through mountain and valley, in order to research and compile his magnum opus, the Daedongyeojido, (대동여지도; 大東輿地圖) a map of Korea that was published in 1861, from which a single-sheet version, the Daedongyeojijeondo
(대동여지전도 大東與地全圖), was subsequently made.
The events surrounding Kim's death are obscure. Following the publication of a later version of the Daedongyeojido in 1866, Kim is not heard from again. The document from the
Daewongun, upon viewing the later version of Kim's great map, became incensed by its inclusion of sensitive details critical to national defense. According to the document, the Daewongun had Kim arrested and jailed, and the maps destroyed.[1]
However, the original wood printing block of Daedongyeojido can still be found in the
General-Government, which was under the control of Japan during the Japanese colonization of Korea.[2]
The
named in his honour
.
Gallery
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Daedong Yeoji Jeondo
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Daedong Yeoji Jeondo, another version
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Yeoji Jeondo
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Suseon jeondo
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Dongyeodo
See also
References
Further reading
- Kane, Daniel C. (2003), “Martyr to a Map: the Inscrutable Father of Korean Cartography”. Mercator’s World, Vol. 8, No. 1 (January/February 2003).
- Cope, Angela (2009), "Korean National Treasure Identified in AGS Library." UWM Libraries Newsletter, Fall 2009, No. 56.
- Ledyard, Gari (1994) "Cartography in Korea." The History of Cartography, Vol. 2, Book 2, (Ledyard includes a good biography of Kim with description of his contribution to cartography in Korea and Asia).