Kim Jeong-ho travelled at a period when the map still had blanks on it, and filled some of them.
The record lists Kim Jeong-ho as Korean geographer and cartographer (1804-1866).
Kim Jeong-ho was born at Tosan County in 1804. His recorded nationality is Joseon.
Enlightenment expeditions carried naturalists and instruments; the Pacific was charted with chronometers and the intention of measuring, not merely claiming.
He is recorded as geographer, cartographer and writer.
The record of exploration is also a record of the people already living in the places reached.
Kim Jeong-ho died in 1866, aged 62. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as geographer, cartographer and writer
