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Rare Early 19th Century Map of Korea an

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Maps, Atlases & Globes Start Price:550.00 USD Estimated At:550.00 - 750.00 USD
Rare Early 19th Century Map of Korea an
. Handsomely engraved and with original hand color, showing the islands of Japan and Korea correctly as a peninsula. At lower left is a lengthy excerpt from Captain Hall who in describing the many islands off the Korean coast mentions that <B>&#34;every attempt to enumerate them…after a time became quite hopeless&#34;, from &#34;Capt. Hall&#39;s Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Korea in H.M. Ship Aleeste and Sloop Lyra 1816.</B>&#34; There is some offsetting of the image from being folded vertically in the original atlas, otherwise very nice condition for this rare map.