Picture of the Day: Sea of Corea?

18th century 'Sea of Corea' map

Shown is a map made by British publisher Herman Moll in 1712 that depicts waters between Korea and Japan as the “Sea of Corea.” The map was given to the Independence Hall of Korea in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, by professor Kim Nam-hoon of Kongju National University, the hall said Aug. 7, 2017. (Yonhap)

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setnaffa
setnaffa
7 years ago

Maybe killing everyone on the General Sherman was a bad idea…

Smokes
7 years ago

Look at you getting all historically sarcastic. Sherman happened 150 years after this.. terrible terrible looking map was drawn though. Why’s Russian all sticking out on the right? Why is Korea all mashed into China? Where’s the Yellow Sea… oops I mean the West Sea. 😉

setnaffa
setnaffa
7 years ago

My point is that the Chrysanthemum Crowd were quite a bit more friendly to sailors and map-makers… So, of course, the English language place names were “Nippon-ized” to reflect where Way-gooks were going…

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