The Daedong Paldo Chondo Map 1750 from Kyujanggak Archives, Seoul National University
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Main Baekdu-daegan Intro / Index Page
The top-right section, showing Baekdu-san itself as the origin of all Korea's
mountains -- it's depicted in sacred-to-Koreans white, faded to a bit ghostly.
The entire top third. the mountain cluster-line on top represents then-inaccessible Manchuria.
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The depiction of Geumgang-san, the Diamond Mountains. Only these two are shown as special white clusters, indicating their high comparative importance.
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Gyeryong-san and the Geum-gang River on this map
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Jiri-san and the Seomjin-gang River on this map
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It has a fairly low level of accuracy, both in the exact shape of the
peninsula and the exact position and shape of key mountains. It
emphasizes the Taebaek-sanmaek Range, from Baekdu-san down to
Busan along the East Coast, rather than the Baekdu-daegan Range.