Map Of Seoul (Suseon Jeondo)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Feb 1886
name: label: Donor Name
content: Ensign U S N John B. Bernadou
notes: label: Notes
content: "Late 19th century. Hand drawn and hand colored paper. This map of old Seoul and its environs encompasses the areas surrounded by Mount Bukhan and the Han River. Jeondo means complete map or whole view. Information about the Seoul city wall and the administrative districts is inscribed in Chinese on each side under the title. The inscription reads: the city wall is 9,975 bo [approximately 17 kilometers] in circumference, 40 cheok 2 chon [approximately 12 meters] high, and has eight gates; Seoul is divided into five districts under the administrative division called bu and the districts are subdivided into forty-nine smaller sections known as bang. Bernadou has inscribed a note on pronunciation and translation in English in the margin. This map includes pictorial features of mountain ranges, palace structures, temples, and city gates, all of which face the center of the city... Collected in Seoul. Ref: Hough Korean Catalog p. 488; Bernadou Field Notes 25" [from: "An Ethnography of the Hermit Kingdom: The J.B. Bernadou Korean Collection 1884-1885", Chang-su Cho Houchins, 2004, number 146]
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Mar 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Korea, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 016970
label: USNM Number
content: E77067-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Map
physicalDescription: label: Width
content: 67 cm