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The Contents and Cartographic Characteristics of the Wood-block Printed 「Tamna jido」

  • Journal of the Korean Cartographic Association
  • Abbr : JKCA
  • 2016, 16(2), pp.13-26
  • Publisher : The Korean Cartographic Association
  • Research Area : Social Science > Geography > Geography in general > Cartography
  • Published : August 31, 2016

Oh Sang Hak 1

1제주대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

Unlike other Jeju Island maps, the wood-block printed 「Tamna jido」 has direction line drawn centering on Hallasan Mountain and rectangular grid, and thus has drawn the attention of the academia since early on. From what is specified on the map, 「Tamna jido」 is presumed to have been produced between 1706 and 1716. The overall coastal boundaries and expression techniques, etc. are similar to 1709 「Tamna jido byeongseo」, and is regarded as a map of the same kind. The map is accompanied by texts, comprised of topographical relations, islands, and famous places of Jeju Island. 「Tamna jido」 employs grid method and direction line method. The grid method comes from China, and aims at clarifying the distance relations, and the direction line method intends to express the topographical relations to neighboring countries accurately. The direction line method is a rare case that is hard to find in ancient maps of China or Korea. The direction line method is similar to portolan charts of the West, but it appears that it had not been used for actual voyage navigation.

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