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A map of Korea made by D¡¯Anville of France in 1737 describes Eastern and Western Gando as part of Korean territory.
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Most Western maps drawn in the 18th and 19th centuries depict Gando as part of Korean territory, according to some sources.
In maps made by famous cartographers, such as D¡¯Anville of France, Hase of Germany, Kitchin of Britain, Santini of Italy and Mollo of Austria, the Eastern Gando region north of the Tumen River and the northwestern region of the Yalu River are described as Korean territory.
Those maps mark the so-called Regis Line, which divided Chosun and Ching at that time, as the border between Korea and China. The eastern border of Korea is set farther north of the Tumen River.
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In a map made by Samuel Dunn of Britain in 1794, Western Gando belongs to Pyongan Province and Eastern Gando to Hamkyung Province.
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Director of the Hye-Jung Museum at Kyunghee University, Kim Hye-jung, published on Thursday ¡°Sea of Korea,¡± the first compilation of ancient Western maps related to the East Sea. Kim says that she collected 69 ancient Western maps that clearly depict Gando as being part of Korean territory and that she would soon hold an exhibition of those maps. Those maps prove that Eastern and Western Gando were considered to be part of Korean territory in the 18th and 19th centuries, said Kim.
(Yoo Seok-jae, karma@chosun.com )
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