Case file · Cosmic event
Cheonsang Yeolcha Bunyajido star map
In 1395 the new Joseon court carved a planisphere of 1,467 stars in stone, said to copy a Goguryeo chart lost in a river.
1395 CE · 37.58, 126.98 · status: official
The account
King Taejo had the map engraved to show that heaven endorsed his dynasty. Its inscription says it was re-drawn from a rubbing of an older Pyongyang stele. The original stone is in the National Palace Museum in Seoul.