Picture of the Day: Sea of Corea?
Shown is a map made by British publisher Herman Moll in 1712 that depicts waters between Korea and Japan as the “Sea of Corea.” The map was given to the Independence Hall of Korea in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, by professor Kim Nam-hoon of Kongju National University, the hall said Aug. 7, 2017. (Yonhap)
Maybe killing everyone on the General Sherman was a bad idea…
Look at you getting all historically sarcastic. Sherman happened 150 years after this.. terrible terrible looking map was drawn though. Why’s Russian all sticking out on the right? Why is Korea all mashed into China? Where’s the Yellow Sea… oops I mean the West Sea. 😉
My point is that the Chrysanthemum Crowd were quite a bit more friendly to sailors and map-makers… So, of course, the English language place names were “Nippon-ized” to reflect where Way-gooks were going…