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Map Kujang chʻŏnsang yŏlchʻa punya chido. 舊藏 天象 列次 分野 之圖 / Old Sky Chart Showing Rank and Distribution of Stars

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Title

  • Kujang chʻŏnsang yŏlchʻa punya chido.

Other Title

  • 舊藏 天象 列次 分野 之圖
  • Old Sky Chart Showing Rank and Distribution of Stars

Created / Published

  • Korea : [s.n.], [1777]

Headings

  • -  Astronomy--Charts, diagrams, etc
  • -  Universe

Genre

  • Celestial charts

Notes

  • -  Originally engraved in a stone stele in A.D. 1395.
  • -  Several Korean scholars studied the chart and estimated the observational epoch of the stars dating between B.C. 1C and A.D. 6C. Changbom Park found that the epoch of the stars in chart is combined from the first and fourteenth centuries. Most stars with declination lower than 50 degrees represent the night sky of the first century, the era of Koguryo, while stars located higher than 50 degrees are positioned to represent the epoch close to the fourteenth century, the era of early Chosŏn dynasty.
  • -  Dealer: Martayan Lan, New York
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Acquisition contol no. 2013-021

Medium

  • 1 map : hand col. ; 35 cm. diam., on sheet 62 x 47 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3190 1777 .K8

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012594296

Online Format

  • image

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Kujang Chʻŏnsang Yŏlchʻa Punya Chido. [Korea: S.N, 1777] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012594296/.

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(1777) Kujang Chʻŏnsang Yŏlchʻa Punya Chido. [Korea: S.N] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012594296/.

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Kujang Chʻŏnsang Yŏlchʻa Punya Chido. [Korea: S.N, 1777] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012594296/>.