tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26948035.post4855521715545436901..comments2024-01-26T17:48:29.804+09:00Comments on Dokdo-or-Takeshima?: 1876 General Gazetteer, UKGerry Bevershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311939520870098017noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26948035.post-4971147333441757602009-02-22T20:32:00.000+09:002009-02-22T20:32:00.000+09:00GTOMR,Did you? If you remembered, please let me kn...GTOMR,<BR/><BR/>Did you? If you remembered, please let me know. <BR/><BR/>She worte that Korean eastern limit is 130º 33' E. longitude (東経130度33分), and it doesn't match with any other books. So I was looking for the same description.Kaneganesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533339719864245857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26948035.post-75251270737147003172009-02-22T20:00:00.000+09:002009-02-22T20:00:00.000+09:00Kaneganese;I read somewhere that Ernest Mason Sato...Kaneganese;<BR/>I read somewhere that Ernest Mason Satow recomended to her to bring Map of Korea made by Japanese.<BR/>(Sorry I dont remember details and forgot which book I read.)GTOMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881539471132140299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26948035.post-56969599889812556892009-02-22T18:49:00.000+09:002009-02-22T18:49:00.000+09:00"They never bury their dead till three years after..."They never bury their dead till three years after their decease, but keep them in coffins for that time. Corea extends from N. to S. from the lat. of 34.30. to 42. 30. N., and from E. to W. from 125. to 129. of E. long."<BR/><BR/>I wonder if Isabella Bird had one of these books with her. I'm interested in the description of the dead. I read they roll the body in straw mat and hang from the tree in the book written by Japanese businessman around 1880.Kaneganesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533339719864245857noreply@blogger.com