Yeongnam jido (Atlas of Gyeonsang-do)

A coloured manuscript atlas containing maps of 71 counties in Gyeongsang-do, compiled in the late Joseon period. The exact date of production is not stated but can be inferred from the content of the maps. Aneum and Saneum, recorded in the fourth volume, were renamed Anui and Sancheong in 1767, indicating that this atlas reflects the situation before that year. The county seat shown on the 'Hadong jido' map in the fifth volume, meanwhile, is marked at the site to which it was relocated in 1745 (the 21st year of King Yeongjo), showing that the atlas is based on the situation after 1745. Taken together, this suggests the atlas was produced between 1745 and 1767, during the reign of King Yeongjo. The atlas is composed of six volumes, and appended to the back of the fourth volume is the 'Muijin dohyeong', a map of the Muyi garrison in Hamgyeong-bukdo produced in 1871. A seal reading 'Bibyeonsa' is stamped on the back of maps such as the 'Gyeongju jido' in the second volume and the 'Hayang jido' in the sixth volume, showing that the atlas was kept by the Bibyeonsa. The maps were drawn on grid paper ruled at intervals of one ri, and a legend was used to represent specific information through symbols.

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Gwanak-gu, Seoul

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