Words in bold are the names of the East Sea shown in old maps.
East Sea
Paldochongdo, Lee Haeng et al., 1531
Source: Sinjeung Dongguk Yeoji
Seungram, Korea
1) Paldochongdo: General Map of Eight Provinces
2) Seungram: Revised and Augmented Version of the Survey of the National Geography of Korea
East Sea
Agukchongdo, Lee Haeng et al., 1531
Source: Sinjeung Dongguk Yeoji
Seungram, Korea
1) Agukchongdo: General Map of Our Country
East Sea
Seungram, 18c.
Source: Maps of Korea : Past, Present and Future, National Geographic Institute, Korea, 2000
Mare di Corai (Sea of Korea)
Dell'Arcano del Mare, Robert Dudley, UK, 1643
Source: HIstorical Atlas of the North Pacific Ocean, Derek Hayes, Canada, 2001
Sea of Korea
A New and Correct Map of the Whole World Shewing ye Situation of its Principal Parts.
Source: HIstorical Atlas of the North Pacific Ocean, Derek Hayes, Canada, 2001
Chosun Hae (Sea of Chosun)
Jigumangugbangdo, 1852
Source: Forgotten "Sea of Chosun" and "Chosun Strait"
Chosun Hae (Sea of Chosun)
Jigumangugbangdo, 1852
Source: Forgotten "Sea of Chosun" and "Chosun Strait"
Chosun Hae (Sea of Chosun) &
Japan West Sea
Dae-ilbonjoseonpaldojinasamgugjeondo, 1882
Source: Forgotten "Sea of Chosun" and "Chosun Strait"
Mer Orientale ou Mer de Corée
Carte des Indes et de la Chine, Guillaume de l'Isle, 1705
Source: East Sea in Old Western Maps
Kleine Orientalische Meer
(Small Oriental Sea in German)
Carte de l'Empire Russie, Homann Heirs, Germany, 1786
Source: East Sea in Old Western Maps
Boctoyhoe Mope
(Eastern Sea in Russian)
Maps of China, Korea and Japan by Imperial Academy of Science, Russia, 1737
Source: East Sea in Old Western Maps