The two Koreas ; The forgotten war, three long years in Korea /
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| Format: | Map |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Geographic Society,
[2003]
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| Item Description: | Panel title. Relief shown by gradient tints, shading, and spot heights. Depths shown by bathymetric tints and isolines. "Relief by John A. Bonner." "This map uses a new system for transcribing South Korean place-names from the Korean alphabet. This phonetic system, proclaimed by South Korea in 2000, changes places such as Cheju to Jeju and Pusan to Busan." "Supplement to National Geographic, July 2003." "Main map base data: Ministry of National Defense (MND), Republic of Korea (ROK); Samsung SDS." "The two Koreas" map includes text, notes, location map on a globe, 2 ancillary maps of "Population density" and "Military and nuclear capacity" with accompanying text and charts, and graph showing economic growth from 1953-2001. Korean War map includes text, notes, 4 ancillary maps with accompanying text showing the sequences of the war, ancillary maps titled "Seeds of strife, 1894-1948, foreign penetration" and "Aftershocks, July 28, 1953-present, entrenched division," and ill. (some col.). Cartographic material. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 maps on 1 sheet : both sides, color ; 77 x 49 cm. and 43 x 23 cm., sheet 80 x 52 cm., folded to 20 x 13 cm. |