1860s – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 21:10:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg 1860s – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 The Map Against the World https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/08/the-map-against-the-world/ Wed, 31 Aug 2016 21:10:49 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=2747 More]]> map-against-the-world daedongyeojido

Next month sees the release of The Map Against the World, a Korean movie about cartographer Kim Jeong-ho, who in 1861 produced an enormous, detailed map of Korea called the Daedongyeojido. The movie stars Cha Seung-won as Kim and is directed by Kang Woo-suk. Here’s a trailer:

https://youtu.be/RikFHUvlFGM

According to IMDb, it opens on 7 September in South Korea and on the 9th in the United States. (I’d check that page for other international release dates, if any.) [WMS]

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