『한국지명총람』(1966-1986)의 수록 고지도 연구

Abstract

This paper analyzes the contents and types of old maps used in the Dictionary of Korean Place Name(韓國地名總攬, 1966~1986) which is considered as a representative dictionary of Korean geographical names. A total of 197 provinces and counties contain 213 maps, while 47 counties are missing. In principle, one map is included for each county, but in some counties 2~4 county old maps were inserted because administrtive districts were intergrated in early 20th century. In some counties, maps are missing due to avoid overlapping as some districts are separated by urbanization especially in the metropolitan area. In terms of the type of old map, most of the provinces used the Daedongyeojido(『大東輿地圖』, 1861). In case of count maps, various types of map were used in early stage of publication. But in the latter phase, maps in the photocopy of Yeojidoseo(『輿地圖書』, 18C) were mainly used. Including old maps in gazetteer in the beginning of publication(1960s) is highly respectable in terms of poor conditions. But, the editing and explanation of the map is causing considerable errors. In many cases, images of original map has been modified or map title has been entered arbitrarily, and the bibliography information is often different from the facts. Place names in old maps are not used in the explanation of geographical names at all. Role of old maps in this dictionary is showing only the simple historical geography of counties. Those are due to the lack of knowledge of old maps. Given the importance of historicality in the description of geographical names, method of including of old map in dictionary should be discsussed in depth.