Daedongyeojido, booklet by booklet

Hand-written additions from the Dongyeodo (five confirmed places)

The copy returned from Japan in 2023 and held by the National Palace Museum of Korea, titled Daedongyeojido (Map of the Great East) with Additional Information from Dongyeodo (Map of the Eastern Territory), is the 1864 woodblock print with the content of the manuscript Dongyeodo written in by hand. The five additions below are confirmed by the Museum and press reports; their places are marked in red on this Kyujanggak copy. The handwriting exists only on the Museum copy.

1. 1Distances from the Baekdusan boundary stele to military postsBooklet 2 · BaekdusanThe distances in ri from the 1712 boundary stele on Baekdusan to garrisons such as Hyesanjin are written by hand. The woodblock print does not show the stele at all.
2. 2Where the boat to Ulleungdo departsBooklet 14 · Uljin coast and UlleungdoA note that boats for Ulleungdo set out from the Jukbyeon coast is written by hand. The woodblock print has no such note.
3. 3Coast of GeumgangsanGoseong, Gangwon · HaegeumgangA description of the Haegeumgang coast, where stone peaks stand everywhere, is written by hand.
4. 4Currents off BaengnyeongdoSea west of HwanghaeNotes on the tides and currents around Baengnyeongdo are written by hand.
5. 5Latitudes of the capital and the eight provincial seatsHanyang, the walled capitalThe polar altitudes (latitudes) of Seoul and the seats of the eight provinces are written by hand.

Sources: National Palace Museum of Korea, online exhibition “The Returned Daedongyeojido”; Seoul Shinmun and Kyunghyang Shinmun, 30 March 2023. The numbers mark the regions on the Kyujanggak copy, not the exact position of the handwriting on the Museum copy.