PH AMBASSADOR RECEIVES 1734 MURILLO VELARDE MAP FROM SECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
#LOOK Ambassador Medardo G. Macaraig receives a copy of the 1734 Murillo Velarde Map as a token of appreciation from Secretary of National Defense Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr., presented, through outgoing Philippine Defense and Armed Forces Attaché (DAFA) Capt. Sherwin E. Respeto PN (GSC), on 27 September 2024 at the Philippine Embassy in Singapore
The 1734 Murillo Velarde Map also called the “Carta Hydrographica Y Chorographica De Las Yslas Filipinas Manila” is the oldest Philippine map which shows that Panatag Shoal or Scarborough Shoal was part of the Philippines’ territory. The map was instrumental in the country’s 2016 arbitration case over the dispute in the West Philippine Sea.
