Korean Rare Books @ the Harvard Map Collection

Last updated on May 12, 2025

The Harvard Map Collection is located at Pusey Library in the Harvard Yard. 

According to the Collection's website:

(re: SEARCH) "Much of our material is in HOLLIS but some is still only in the card catalog, which you can view and search in the digitized card catalog. Explore more collections in our online collections and exhibitions."

(re: REPRODUCTIONS) "Harvard Library offers the ability to request copies of library materials for research or publication. Requests for copies are considered on a case-by-case basis."

PRE-20TH-CENTURY MAPS OF KOREA HELD BY THE HARVARD MAP COLLECTION

天下圖. Ch'ŏnhado [Korea] : [publisher not identified] [between 1776 and 1800] // Call no.: G2330.K6 1630 // Online access

  • Also listed as "Ch'ŏnhado. [Korea] :: [publisher not identified], 1630." // Online access 

Carte des huit provinces du Tchao Sian Paris : Printed for the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland 1832 // Call no.: G7901.F7 1832.C3 // Online access // See also Manuscript Map of the Three Kingdoms // See also  https://www.meisterdrucke.uk/fine-art-prints/Hayashi-Shihei/855269/Sangoku-Tsuran-Zusetsu.html // See also https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_South_and_North_Korea_in_Eight_Provinces_WDL69.png

Karte von China mit dessen Eintheilung in 18 Provinzen Roost, J. B. / München : Verlag der liter. artist. Anstalt der L.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung 1841 // Call no.: G7821.F7 1841 .R6 // Online access 

Map of China : compiled from original surveys and sketches Wyld, James, 1812-1887 / London : Jas. Wyld 1840 // Call no.: G7811.F7 1840 .W9 // Online access 

大東輿地全圖. Taedong yŏji chŏndo [Seoul?] : [publisher not given] [between 1900 and 1999?] // Online access

Map of Chosen (Korea) [S.l. : s.n. 1900?] // Call no.: G7900 1900 .M3 // Online access

Korea Kotō, Bunjirō, 1856-1935. / [Tokyo?] : Tokio Printing Co. 1903 // Call no.: G7900 1903 .K6 vf // Online access

首善全圖. Susŏn chŏndo // [Seoul : s.n., (Seoul : University of Seoul, 197- ?] between 1849 and 1863] // Call no.: G7904.S478A5 1849 .S8 1970 (복각본) // Online access 

PRE-20TH-CENTURY MAPS OF KOREA HELD BY THE HARVARD-YENCHING LIBRARY 

Go to the Korean Rare Books @ the Harvard-Yenching Library page and search for "maps."

See also the "Digital Maps and Geographical Information" of Sun Joo Kim's Gateway to Premodern Korean Studies