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BEFORE the year 1883, when treaties were made by which Europeans were admitted to the country, Korea was a terra incognita to geologists. Captain Basil Hall had, indeed, made a few observations upon rocks examined by him on the coast during his voyage in 1818, and casual references may be found in other authors concerning what could be seen from the sea. In 1883 and 1884, however, a German geologist, Dr. Gottsche, made a rapid geological reconnaissance of the country, and the rock specimens he obtained were described by Prof. Justus Roth. Almost simultaneously with Dr.Gottsche, Prof. Gowland, then head Imperial Mint of Japan, made a journey through the country for the purpose of archaeological investigation, and the numerous specimens which he collected were described by Mr. (now Sir Thomas) Holland in the Geological Society's Journal for 1891. In the accounts of his explorations in China (1900-3), the late Baron F. von Richthofen was able to give additional particulars concerning the geological structure of the country. Dr. Bundjiró Kotó, the author of the work before us, published his account of the orography of the peninsula in 1903, a memoir which has given rise to a considerable amount of controversy.
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"Journeys through Korea.” By Prof. B. Kotô . From the Journal of the College of Science, Tokyo, Japan, vol. xxvi; Pp. 207+36 plates. (Tokyo: The University, 1909.)
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J., J. Korean Geology 1 . Nature 83, 490–491 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/083490a0
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