Daedongyeojido
thumb|right|Daedongyeojido Daedongyeojido (also Daedong yeojido, ) is a large scale map of Korea produced by Joseon dynasty cartographer Kim Jeong-ho in 1861. A second edition was printed in 1864. One source describes it as the "oldest map in Korea". Daedongyeojido is considered very advanced for its time, and marks the zenith of pre-modern Korean cartography.
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thumb|right|Daedongyeojido Daedongyeojido (also Daedong yeojido, ) is a large scale map of Korea produced by Joseon dynasty cartographer Kim Jeong-ho in 1861. A second edition was printed in 1864. One source describes it as the "oldest map in Korea". Daedongyeojido is considered very advanced for its time, and marks the zenith of pre-modern Korean cartography.
==Description== thumb|right|250px|"Daedongyeojido" (1861) Ulleungdo and Usan The map consists of 22 separate, foldable booklets, each covering approximately (north-south) by (east–west). Combined, they form a map of Korea that is wide and long. The scale of the map is 1:162,000. The map was printed from 70 basswood woodblocks, engraved on both sides. The techniques to create the map have been described as a hybrid of Korean and Western methods.