The Philippines makes its cartographic debut in Petrus Kaerius’s 1598 map. It takes a while to shake off preconceived constructions and identify our different islands; indeed, those familiar with Old ...

“These are old maps that historically indicate our rightful ownership of these areas, particularly Bajo de Masinloc,” Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesman Brig. Gen. Restituto ...

The seminal work “Philippine Cartography 1320 – 1899,” recently edited by Dr. Carlos Madrid, declared how this landmark map “became the iconic representation of the historical position of ...

'The mother of all Philippine maps' was for centuries locked away in a British castle, and Filipino businessman Mel Velarde paid a fortune to bring it home. MANILA, Philippines – More than a ...

Old maps dating back to Spanish colonial times may hold the key to the claim of the Philippines to Scarborough Shoal. Known as “Bajo Scarburo,” the shoal now called Panatag by the Department ...

Philippine officials said the exhibition of old maps at a university showed that for almost 1,000 years, from the Song Dynasty in the year 960 until the end of the Qing Dynasty early in the 20th ...