East Sea Evidence

    1799 by J. Robinson, London, source EAST SEA in old western maps. Marked East Sea as "Sea of Corea"

   Map of China, 1764 by N. Bellin, France, source EAST SEA in old western maps. Wrote East Sea as "Sea of Korea"

   Map of USSR in Asia, 1778 by Thomas Bowen, England, source EAST SEA in old western maps.  Marked East Sea as "The Eastern of Corea Sea"

   Map of Japan, 1747 by Emanuel Bowen, England, source EAST SEA in old western maps.  Wrote East Sea as "Mer Orientale" or "Mer de Coree," meaning "Eastern Sea" or "Sea of Korea"

Map made by United Kingdom in 1760 - Marked East Sea as "Sea of Corea"

 Map made by United Kingdom in 1750 - Marked East Sea as "Sea of Korea"

Map made by Germany in 1786 - Marked East Sea as "Kleine Orientalische Meer," meaning "Small Eastern Sea"

Map made by France in 1751- Marked East Sea as "Mer de Coree," meaning "Sea of Korea"

Map made by Netherland in 1792 - Marked East Sea as "Mer Orientale/ Mer De Coree," meaning "Eastern Sea/ Sea of Korea" 

Map of Russia, 1789 by T. Bowen, England, Marked East Sea as "COREA GULF"

Map of India, China, Sumatra, Java Island, 1719 by H.A.Chastellain, France. Marked East Sea as "Mer Oruentale ou/ Mer de Coree," meaning "Eastern Sea/ Sea of Korea"

Map of New Asia, early 18 century by H.A. Chastellain, France. Marked East Sea as "Mer Oruentale," meaning "East Sea"

Map of Korea, 1752 by E. Bowen, England. Marked East Sea as "Mer de Coree," meaning "Sea of Korea"

Hwanhae-Hangro-Sindo(Sea route map of surrounding seas), 1862 by Hirose, Japan. Marked East Sea as "Sea of Chosun(Old Korea)"  

Expedition Map, 1797 by J.F. La Perouse, France. Marked East Sea as "Detroit De Coree"

(Issued by France (1754), specified 'Mer de Coree (sea of Korean)' for DongHe)

 (Issued by England (1740), specified 'Gulf of Corea (gulf of Korean)' for DongHe)

(In Asia, 1711 by John Senex, source EAST SEA in old western maps)

(1719 by Herman Moll, source Historical Atlas of the North Pacific Ocean by Derek Hayes)

(1643 from Robert Dudley's Dell' Arcano del Mare, source Historical Atlas of the North Pacific Ocean by Derek Hayes)

Map of Asia, 1827 by J. Wild(1790~1836), England. Marked East Sea as 'Gulf of Corea' and 'Strait of Corea'

Map fo China, 1748 by N. Belem(1703~1772), France. Marked East Sea as "Mer de Coree," meaning Sea of Korea

Map of Asia, 18 century by J. Senix, England. Marked East Sea as "The Easter Sea/ Corea Sea" 

18 century. Marked East Sea as "Sea of Corea"

Vinland Map, a 15th-century redrawing of a 13th-century original, is the first western map to refer to the sea as the "East Sea" ("mare Occeanum Orientale").

"Minor Eastern Sea" in a early 18th-century German map

An early 17th-century Portuguese map; the first instance of "Sea of Korea ("Mar Coria") appearing on a map.

"Sea of Joseon" in a late 19th-century Japanese map.

"Sea of Korea" in a mid 18th-century French map.

Sea of Corea in an English map from mid 17th century