How the Philippines "DEBUNKED" China's Historical Claims in the West Philippine Sea

The dispute over the South China Sea has been thrust back into the spotlight amid increasing tension between the Philippines and China in the disputed waters. The Changing dash lines are the basis of China’s claim to sovereignty over 90% of the South China Sea. This claim is based on the U-shaped 11 nine-dash line etched on a map in the 1940s by a Chinese geographer, then 9 dashed lines in 1952, and currently, the 10-dash line in mid-2023.
Meanwhile, the Philippines backed its historical claims from the 17th-century map, where the Scarborough Shoal First Appeared on Maps of Philippine waters in the 1750s. On the night of Sept. 12, 1748, the British East India Co. ship Scarborough struck the now-famous reef of the same name while on its way from England to China.
As a result, the name Scarborough Shoal first appeared on maps of Philippine waters by English cartographers in the 1750s, according to research by a member of the Philippine Map Collectors Society. It also appears in the Murillo Velarde map in his 1749 book under the name Panacot or Scarborough Shoal, both terms refer to Bajo de Masinloc.
Going Back to the 17Th century, the Hydrographical and Chorographical Chart of the Philippine Islands was one of the First versions of the Philippines map. This magnificent map of the Philippine archipelago, drawn by the Jesuit Father Pedro Murillo Velarde and published in Manila in 1734, is the first and most important scientific map of the Philippines.
The Philippines was at that time a vital part of the Spanish Empire, and the map shows the maritime routes with captions from Manila to Spain, and to Mexico known as New Spain, and other Spanish territories in the New World.
Currently, the Philippines based its claims on the legal Victory on the 12th of July 2016, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Arbitral Tribunal in the South China Sea Arbitration between the Republic of the Philippines versus The People’s Republic of China. Which issued a unanimous award in the disputed waters in the South China Sea largely favorable to the Philippines, which was rejected by China.Join this channel to get access to perks:


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Posted by QUO NEQ in People & Blogs on January 28 2024 at 03:28 AM  ·  Public
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