It is this map that made me wonder how an accurate representation of the Philippine shape was possible in 1734, long before they had balloons, satellite imaging, Google Earth, Google Maps, and Waze.

Tony Carpio said to his friend Mel Velarde. It was an old map that Tony encouraged Mel to buy — the Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de las Islas Filipinas, more commonly known as the Murillo ...

A historian from Antique is working with the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) to have a 127-year-old ...

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 ...

My second regret was declining a six-month grant to dig up old maps of the Philippines from libraries, archives, and museums abroad to be used against China’s “historical claims” to the Spratlys and ...

MANILA, Philippines — The “mother of all Philippine maps,” which played a key role in the country’s landmark arbitral victory over China, has found a permanent home at the National Library ...