Gyeongsangchongyeodo

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1599

Category

Craft

Era

18세기

Designated year

2008

Location

남구, 부산광역시— 부산광역시 남구

Coordinates

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In view of the overall geographic content, this basically 20-ri grid county map is similar to the provincial maps known to have been made by Sin Gyeong-jun (1712-1781). It appears to have been produced in the latter part of the 18th century. The superscription Gyeongsang chongyeodo along the upper left edge is assumed to have been written in later years. With Tsushima Island at bottom right, the map depicts mountains as a series of green peaks and the seas in light blue, with inland streams expressed in remarkable detail. Each administrative town has the magistrate’s offices and guest houses presented in pictorial images. Military camps are marked with red circles. The map presumably belongs to the same lineage as the Maps of Hamgyeong-do, Gyeonggi-do, and Gangwon-do in the collection of Kyung Hee University’s Hye-Jung Museum. It has outstanding significance in the history of cartographic development in Korea.