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Three Star Maps Produced in Korea During the 18th Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Nha Il-Seong
Nha Il-Seong*
Affiliation:
Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, KoreaI.-S. Nha Observatory, Seoul 120-111, Korea. isnha@bubble.yonsei.ac.kr

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In this paper a survey of three star maps produced in Korea in the mid-18th century as the results of interaction with the Jesuits in Beijing is briefly outlined. The first of these is the Honchŏn Jŏndo (abbreviated to HJ), a wood-cut print. The other two are large screen star maps, each consisting of 8 panels of a folding screen, called Screen Star Map Type 1 (abbreviated to SSM1) and Screen Star Map Type 2 (abbreviated to SSM2). On each of these three star maps there are detailed explanatory texts, which provide information on the transmission of wetern astronomy to Korea by the Royal astronomers.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 11 , Issue 2: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU (Part B), 1997 , 1998 , pp. 705 - 707
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998

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