COLLECTION NAME:
Old Maps Collection
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Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
36878003544218
identifier
36878003544218
Barcode
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Title:
Carte du royaume de Kau-li ou Corée : copiée sur la Carte Angloise
title
Carte du royaume de Kau-li ou Corée : copiée sur la Carte Angloise
Title
false
Contributor:
Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas, 1703-1772, cartographer
contributor
Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas, 1703-1772, cartographer
Contributor
false
Category:
General Maps
category
General Maps
Category
false
Type:
Printed
type
Printed
Type
false
Language:
French
language
French
Language
false
Create Year:
[1764]
date
[1764]
Create Year
false
Page No.:
55
description
55
Page No.
false
Scale:
Scale indeterminable.
scale
Scale indeterminable.
Scale
false
Physical Map Dimension (cm):
20 x 18 cm, on sheet 27 x 22 cm
obj_height_cm
20 x 18 cm, on sheet 27 x 22 cm
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
This map features a notably accurate depiction of Korea based on sources sent to France via China. Korea is correctly depicted as a peninsula in a form roughly close to modern day. Up until the 18 century the ruling Joseon Dynasty had strictly forbidden Westerners from visiting Korea and the peninsula remained an almost complete enigma to Europeans. In fact, most of the maps of Korea at the time were almost blank with just one or two place names visible. However, around 1710, China's Empreror, Kangxi (1654-1722) dispatched agents to Seoul who returned with detailed maps and geographical descriptions of Korea. This intelligence was later given to the Jesuit Jean-Baptiste de Regis (1663-1738) who created as series of manuscript maps which featured a broadly accurate depictions of Korea. These maps were published in China as part of the Kangxi Atlas (1718-19). The leading French cartographer Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon D'Anville (1697-1782) acquired copies of the Kangxi maps first printed in Jean-Baptiste Du Halde's (1674-1743) 'Description géographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise'. Bellin claims on the title cartouche that the map derives from an English map as to avoid a "copyright" issue.
note
This map features a notably accurate depiction of Korea based on sources sent to France via China. Korea is correctly depicted as a peninsula in a form roughly close to modern day. Up until the 18 century the ruling Joseon Dynasty had strictly forbidden Westerners from visiting Korea and the peninsula remained an almost complete enigma to Europeans. In fact, most of the maps of Korea at the time were almost blank with just one or two place names visible. However, around 1710, China's Empreror, Kangxi (1654-1722) dispatched agents to Seoul who returned with detailed maps and geographical descriptions of Korea. This intelligence was later given to the Jesuit Jean-Baptiste de Regis (1663-1738) who created as series of manuscript maps which featured a broadly accurate depictions of Korea. These maps were published in China as part of the Kangxi Atlas (1718-19). The leading French cartographer Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon D'Anville (1697-1782) acquired copies of the Kangxi maps first printed in Jean-Baptiste Du Halde's (1674-1743) 'Description géographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise'. Bellin claims on the title cartouche that the map derives from an English map as to avoid a "copyright" issue.
Note
false
Note:
Original is a copperplate printed map in the 'Le petit atlas maritime: recueil de cartes et plans des quatre parties du monde'.
note
Original is a copperplate printed map in the 'Le petit atlas maritime: recueil de cartes et plans des quatre parties du monde'.
Note
false
Note:
There is a 16-point compass rose on the map with a fleur-de-lis indicating north. Rhumb lines for the principal winds are bold and half-winds are dotted.
note
There is a 16-point compass rose on the map with a fleur-de-lis indicating north. Rhumb lines for the principal winds are bold and half-winds are dotted.
Note
false
Note:
Title inside scroll work phytomorphic cartouche.
note
Title inside scroll work phytomorphic cartouche.
Note
false
Note:
Scale line underneath the title in black and white interchangeably.
note
Scale line underneath the title in black and white interchangeably.
Note
false
Note:
Relief shown pictorially.
note
Relief shown pictorially.
Note
false
Note:
Latitude and longitude lines on the bottom and right borders of the map.
note
Latitude and longitude lines on the bottom and right borders of the map.
Note
false
Note:
Landmasses outlined in green.
note
Landmasses outlined in green.
Note
false
Note:
Map outlined in double fillet.
note
Map outlined in double fillet.
Note
false
Reference:
Phillips, P.L. A list of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, vol. 3, n.º 3508, p. 348-355
reference
Phillips, P.L. A list of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, vol. 3, n.º 3508, p. 348-355
Reference
false
Subject:
Atlas
subject
Atlas
Subject
false
Geographic Area:
Korea
geographic_area
Korea
Geographic Area
false
Relation Note:
Tome III, n.º 55
relation
Tome III, n.º 55
Relation Note
false
Pub Title:
Petit atlas maritime : recueil de cartes et plans des quatre parties du monde
pub_title
Petit atlas maritime : recueil de cartes et plans des quatre parties du monde
Pub Title
false
Pub Author:
Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas, 1703-1772
pub_author
Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas, 1703-1772
Pub Author
false
Pub Year:
1764
pub_year
1764
Pub Year
false
Pub location:
[Paris]
pub_location
[Paris]
Pub location
false
Provenance:
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
source
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
Provenance
false
Provenance:
source
http://id.bnportugal.gov.pt/bib/catbnp/604917
Provenance
false
Provenance Call No.:
C.A. 62 V.
original_call_no
C.A. 62 V.
Provenance Call No.
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MUST holding:
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