PRESIDENT Marcos enjoins the people to draw inspiration from an old map dating back to 1734 in protecting and asserting the country’s rightful claims over
OLD, RELIABLE PH MAP. President Marcos receives the original Murillo Velarde 1734 Map of the Philippines during a turnover ceremony at Malacañang, as First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, NOW Group chairman Mel Velasco Velarde, and retired Justice Antonio Carpio look on. PPA Pool its territorial sovereignty.
Acquired at a Sotheby’s auction in London by Filipino businessman Mel Velasco Velarde in 2014, the map was donated to the Philippine government with a provision requiring a formal turnover to the Chief Executive. The map, produced during the Spanish colonial era by Jesuit Friar Pedro Murillo Velarde and Filipino artisans Francisco Suarez and Nicolas dela Cruz Bagay, became crucial in the 2016 Arbitral Award that reaffirmed the country’s maritime rights over portions of the South China Sea.
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