ad prevailed since the Tang dynasty [618-905], to Chaosien, the eldest known name of Corea, or any portion of it" (Ross, History of Corea, bl. 269).
"In A. D. 1368 the Yuan or Mongol dynasty was driven from the throne of China by the Mings, and shortly afterwarts (A. D. 1392) a Corean, named by the Chinese Li Tau, aided by the Emperor Hung Wu, rebelled against the Kao li dynasty, drove it from the throne, and established himself as the king of Corea. He chose for the title of his dynasty the words Ch'ao hsien "morning calm", pronounced by the Coreans Chö sen. This is now the official name both for Corea and for the reigning dynasty, which derives its title from Li Tau. He also moved the capital from Song do to Söul" (C. T. Gardner, The Coinage of Corea, Journal China Branch R.A.S. New Ser. XXVII, 1895, bl. 74).--"Kouk. Royaume; empire; pays; gouvernement; état; nation" (Dict. Cor. Franç., bl. 203).--In China heet Korea: Kao li in het noorden en het midden; Ko lee in het zuiden.
[275] Een aardig voorbeeld van het begin van alle "Kartographie". Zoo vergelijken de Atjehers Groot-Atjeh met een "wan", zoo vergeleken de Ouden den Peloponesus met een plataanblad, Spanje met een uitgespannen stierenhuid enz. Bedoeld is natuurlijk: de vorm van een rechthoek met de verhoudingen van ongeveer 3 op 8.
[276] "Corea is divided into eight provinces, called Do.....Corea stretches from 33° 15' to 42° 31' N. lat; and 122° 15' to 131° 10' E. Long. Hence the greatest length of its mainland is as the bird flies, about 600 miles, and greatest breadth, east to west, over 300 miles" (Ross, History Corea, bl. 394, 396).
[277] "By "Osacco" Hamel can scarcely refer to the city of Ozaka, but rather to that of Hakata in Hizen, at which place the Corean embassy from Séoul, bearing tribute to the "Tycoon" at Yedo, was accustomed to land on its way from Fusan" (Griffis, Corea, 1885, bl. 111, noot 2).
[278] "Tai-Ma-To. Ile entre le Japon et la Corée, appel&ea