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A woodcut print map depicting the province of Gangwon-do. Various offices and units are parked with red and blue rectangular cartouches. There is also writing along the entire map border, and to the right of the print are names written in yellow boxes. Rivers and the sea are depicted in light blue while the mountains and typically generic three-peak formations. One mountain in particular stands out due to its height and detail near the upper right side of the map.<br />
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This woodcut print map depicts the province of Gangwon-do, with twenty-six gwan (官; administrative offices) governing nine ju (州; administrative units) in the Yeongdong region (嶺東; the part of Gangwon-do that lies to the east of Daegwallyeong Pass) and seventeen ju in the Yeongseo region (嶺西; the part of the province to the west of the pass) in the nineteenth century. The names of the nine j u in the Yeongdong region are handwritten in ink in blue rectangular cartouches while those of the seventeen in the Yeongseo region are labeled u
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Map of Gangwon-do Province
19th century
Gift and partial purchase from Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp, purchase with funds from Elder and Mrs Sang-Yong Nam
2021/1.164
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