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Nautical Chart No. 21 "CHŌSEN ZENGAN (COAST OF KOREA)"

"Liancourt Rocks" (*present-day Takeshima)

Document title Nautical Chart No. 21 "CHŌSEN ZENGAN (COAST OF KOREA)"
Date created (Western calendar) 1896
Date created (Japanese era) Meiji 29
Author(s) / Editor(s) Hydrographic Department (Hydrographic Office), Imperial Navy
Publisher Hydrographic Department (Hydrographic Office), Imperial Navy
Name of publication
Content A nautical chart compiled by Capt. Kaneyuki KIMOTSUKI, Director-General of the Hydrographic Department. There is a description that this map was made on the basis of actual survey between 1874 and 1892, as well as recent surveys by the U.K. and Russia. It includes "Liancourt Rocks" (present-day Takeshima).
Language Japanese
Public access Open
Repository The National Institute for Defense StudiesNew Window
Medium Paper
Copies 4 pages
Reference No. T1896000000101
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