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The Kangnido

Name: The Kangnido
Brand: Cartographer’s Dream
SKU: PA-00322

Yi Hoe & Kwon Kun (Joseon Korea), 1402

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 15% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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In 1402, Korean scholars drew a map of the world that stretched from Japan to Europe and Africa — and showed the tip of Africa as a cape you could sail around, generations before a European ship proved it. China looms vast at the centre, Korea is drawn large and proud, and the Mediterranean and Arab worlds trail off to the west. One of the oldest surviving maps of the whole world from East Asia, and a reminder that the West held no monopoly on knowing the Earth's shape.

Maker: Yi Hoe & Kwon Kun (Joseon Korea)
Date: 1402
Medium of the original: Plate
Original held by: Joseon dynasty
Credit: Joseon dynasty
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-00322

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Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 15% crop
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 29% crop
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
16 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 29% crop
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 15% crop
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 29% crop
24 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 29% crop
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 15% crop
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 29% crop
40 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
48 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 29% crop