국립중앙박물관 소장 「동국대지도」에 그려진 자연·인문지리요소 분석

Abstract

Jeong Sang-gi, a Silhak scholar in the late Joseon Dynasty, drew Donggukjido(Map of Korea) which firstly represent the shape of the Korean Peninsula similarly to reality using Baekri-chuk. Since then, his Donggukjido has been evaluated as an excellent map in the Joseon Dynasty, and a number of copies have been made. A number of copies of Donggukjido are divided into two categories in terms of represented areas. One category is "Daejeondo," which draws the whole country in one sheet, and the other is "Paldo Bundo," which is drawn by dividing the eight provinces into eight sheets. Donggukdaejido, which is housed in the National Museum of Korea, is known to be the closest to the original copy of "Daejeondo." In addition, the level of map production is so high that it is estimated that it was drawn by the painter of Dohwaseo. Due to this importance, Donggukdaejido, owned by the National Museum of Korea, was designated as a Korean national treasure in 2007. In this study, the physical and human geographical elements and place-names described in the Donggukdaejido are analyzed. As a result of the analysis, it is confirmed that the map included physical geographical elements such as mountains, mountain ranges, rivers, lakes, islands, capes and human geographical elements such as Gunhyeon, Chalbang Station, military headquarters, military camps, traffic routes, beacon, territorial tombstone. In addition, 2,101 geographical names of Korea were listed, 311 in China, and 112 in Japan, confirming that a total of 2,524 place-names were marked.