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Kim Jeong-ho

Kim Jeong-ho
Korean Name
Revised Romanization Gim Jeong-ho
McCune-Reischauer Kim Chŏng-ho
Hangul 김정호
Hanja 金正浩
Courtesy Name (Pen Name)
Revised Romanization Gosanja
McCune-Reischauer Kosanja
Hangul 고산자
Hanja 古山子
Vital Statistics
Born 1804
Died 1866

Kim Jeong-ho (pen name Gosanja; 1804-1866) was a Korean geographer. He literally walked the entire length and breadth of the Korean peninsula, through mountain and valley, in order to research and compile his magnum opus, the Daedong Yeojido, a map of Korea that was published in 1861.


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