| Needham/NRI2/SCC2/122 contains: |
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Main file contents |
| 2 |
Africa and India: Chêng Ho [?? / Zheng He] and Dom Henrique |
| 3 |
The Korean 1402 World Map |
| 4 |
Africa and India: Trade imbalance |
| 5 |
Australia |
| 6 |
America |
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine
| Title |
The Korean 1402 World Map |
| Reference |
SCC2/122/3 |
| Covering Dates |
1960–1969 |
| Extent and Medium |
Paper |
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| Content and context |
The map is entitled Hon-il Kangni Yoktae Kukto chi To, (Map of the Territories of the One World and the Capitals of the Countries in Sucessive Ages). See 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 4, Part 3', Figure 985. |
| Needham/NRI2/SCC2/122/3 contains: |
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Envelope containing photostat images of a 1502 copy of the map held at Ryokoku University Library, Kyoto, Japan, and related notes. One of the sheets has Joseph Needham's notes on the reverse. Notes on the envelope also point to various sources of information relating to the map. The related notes decribes different versions of the map.
6 sheets; Paper. |
1960–1965 |
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2
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Photographs of a copy of the map held at Tenri University, Japan. This copy of the map is 'undated, but probably done in Korea soon after +1502'. Some of the photographs were provided by Yabuuchi Kyoshi.
7 pieces; Photograph and paper. |
1960–1965 |
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3
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Letter from I. Geschevitch [?] in Cambridge about 'Hsi-Kho-na in West'.
Creator: Geschevitch, I.
1 document; Paper. |
30 July 1967 |
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4
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Photograph from a 1502 copy of the map held at Ryokoku University Library, Kyoto, Japan.
1 document; Paper. |
1960–1965 |
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5
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Joseph Needham's manuscript draft caption for 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 4, Part 3', Figure 984 showing 'The representation of the southern part of Africa in the world atlas Kuang Yü Thu by Chu Ssu-Pên, c. +1315,..'.
2 sheets; Paper. |
1960–1965 |
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Joseph Needham's manuscript draft caption for 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 4, Part 3', Figure 985 showing 'The European and north African portions of the Korean world-map of Yi How & Kwon Kun', first prepared 1402.
6 sheets; Paper. |
1960–1965 |
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7
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Related notes.
15 sheets; Paper. |
1960–1969 |
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8
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Joseph Needham's original file title.
1 document; Paper. |
1960–1965 |
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