Territorial change of Joseon

“Joseon” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1392 to 1897. Its territory was largest in AD 1516 – 1571, at ≈ 235 thousand km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1516 – 1571 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 1709: number 120 of 30.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• Qing dynasty — 88 frames
• Ming dynasty — 43 frames
• Tsardom of Russia — 17 frames
• Later Jin (1616–1636) — 7 frames
• Sengoku period — 1 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 5 by area.

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Goryeo · Tamna

Succeeded by: Korean Empire

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

Joseon (English: CHOH-sun; Korean: 조선; Hanja: 朝鮮; also romanized as Chosun), officially Great Joseon State (대조선국; 大朝鮮國), was a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years. It was founded by Taejo of Joseon in 1392 and replaced by the Korean Empire in 1897.

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