조선시대 관찬 지리지에 기록된 주요 김 생산지 연구

Abstract

The official geography of the Joseon Dynasty refers to a book compiled by the government. Since the geographies were recorded by each local authority, accurate information on laver production can be identified. In this study, we investigated the laver production areas recorded in the official geographies of the Joseon Dynasty, and considered the changes by period. The laver production areas recorded in the ‘Gyeongsang-do Jiriji (1425)’ and ‘Sejong Sillok Jiriji (1454)’, were several districts on the southeastern coast of the Gyeongsang Province, and Taean County, Chungcheong Province. In the ‘Sinjeung Dongguk Yeoji Seungnam (1530)’, a total of 37 laver production areas were recorded, and the number of the laver production areas increased nearly five times compared to the ‘Sejong Sillok Jiriji’. The laver production areas have been greatly expanded to the south-central part of the Korean Peninsula. It can be assumed that spread of laver production and manufacturing techniques, development of aquaculture method, and/or detailed investigation of local fisheries affected this expansion at that time. The records of laver production areas in ‘Yeojidoseo (1760)’, were similar to those of ‘Sinjeung Dongguk Yeoji Seungnam’, but Hwanghae Province was newly added. These results are considered to be meaningful basic data for the study of the laver farming history in Korea.