Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Takeshima/Dokdo---1894 document 朝鮮水路誌

page 1

朝鮮国は亜細亜の東部にあり
其地勢たる狭長なる一大半島を成し幾多の島嶼之を圍繞す
其位置は
北緯三三度十五分より同四二度二五分
東経一二四度三〇分より同一三〇度三五分に至る

The country of Chosun is located at the east of Asia…..its location is
from lat. 33 degrees N 15 minutes to 42 degrees N 25 minutes
from long. 124 degrees E 30 to 130 degrees E 35 minutes minutes


page 256

リアンコールト列岩

此列岩は洋紀一八四九年
佛国船「リアンコールト」号初て之を発見し船名を取てリアンコート列岩と名つく

其後一八五四年露国「フレガット」形艦
「パラス」号は此列岩をメナライ及ヲリヴツァ列岩と称し
一八五五年英艦「ホル子ット」号は此列岩を探検して「ホル子ット」列島と名つけり

該艦長フォルシィスの言に據れば
此列岩は北緯三七度一四分東経一三一度五五分の所に位する二坐の不毛岩嶼にして

Linocourt rocks.
These Rocks were first discovered by French ship “Linocourt”…..
The location of the Rocks is
Lat. 37 degrees N 14 minutes
Long. 131 degrees E 55 minutesponta at occidentalism

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the Chosun Waterway (朝鮮水路誌) published in 1894 included a description on the Liancourt Rocks and so it must be a proof that Japan recognized it as Korean territory.” On page 255, the book gives the coordinates for the Liancourt Rocks as N37º14’ E131º55’. However, the book states on page 1 in Part 1 “Overview” that the eastern limit of Chosun territory is E130º35’, and even appends a map in the opening which terminates at E130º50’.

The image of Chosun Waterway (朝鮮水路誌; in Japanese) can be obtained at the Modern Digital Library of the Japanese Diet Library.
http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/index.html
Copy and paste朝鮮水路誌 into the search box, and click on the red 本文をみる button.
The relevant images are image #11/192 for the map, #27 (page 1 in original numbering) for the Overview, #157-158 (pp 255-256) for the Liancourt Rocks and #158 (pp. 256-257) for Ulleungdo.two cent at occidentalism

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

E130º35’as the eastern limit of Chosun territory doesn't include even Ulleongdo which is definitely Korean land. In other words, the longitude of 朝鮮水路誌 as Korean eastern limit is simply wrong.