Tag Archives: Maps
Mother of all PH maps coming home
New personal directions Acquiring the map then became as much a personal goal as it was a business decision. “I’m in the technology business … and I endlessly admire the collaboration of skills and technology between Father Murillo Velarde and his team,” Velarde said. He added: “At 50, I think the Murillo Velarde map revealed […]
China’s South China Sea claims are not supported by its own historical records
Is China starting down a path similar to that followed by Japan and Germany before 1945, when nationalism backed by new economic clout led to overconfidence and adventures which eventually proved disastrous? The question needs asking in the context of China’s latest moves ultimately aimed at making the South China Sea into a Chinese lake. […]
Capsule Cartographic Exhibit and Lecture Photo Gallery 23 April 2015 Ayuntamiento de Manila
Why China’s island building is so foreboding
Over the past six months, China has gotten a little bit bigger. China’s expansion, which has amounted to less than two square miles of new land, is making waves not for how big it is, but where it is. Chinese engineers, with the help of barges and dredging machines, have been enlarging tiny reefs, sand […]
Capsule Cartographic Exhibit Photo Gallery 20-22 March 2015 IBP National Convention, Cebu City
Introduction of Lecturer for the Antiquarian Map Exhibit Atty. Stephanie V. Gomez-Somera 21 February 2015 Lopez Museum and Library
Introduction of Lecturer for the Antiquarian Map Exhibit Atty. Stephanie V. Gomez-Somera Institute for Maritime and Ocean Affairs Today I have the privilege to introduce our guest lecturer for the opening of the antiquarian map exhibit, Common Ground. Excellence is the hallmark of this man’s career. He was the valedictorian of Class 1975 of the […]
Lecture delivered on March 20, 2015 at the IBP National Convention in Cebu City.
Maps, charts to back up PH case vs China
MANILA, Philippines–The Philippines will be submitting a “voluminous” amount of documents containing arguments, maps and charts to the United Nations arbitration tribunal to bolster its case in its South China Sea territorial dispute with China. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said the supplemental submission to be sent to the tribunal in the Hague between […]