President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. received the original 1734 Murillo Velarde map during a turnover ceremony in Malacañang. The map, purchased in 2014, is a key piece of evidence in the Philippines' territorial claims.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday received the original Murillo Velarde 1734 map, which has been vital in the country’s territorial assertions, during a turnover ceremony in Malacañang. Dubbed as the “Mother of all Philippine Maps,” the Carta Hydro-graphica y Choro-graphica de las Yslas Filipinas was produced by Spanish Jesuit Friar Pedro Murillo Velarde with the help of two Filipinos, Francisco Suarez who drew the map and Nicolas dela Cruz Bagay who engraved it.
“It is as if Murillo Velarde, Sanchez, and Bagay sought to tell the world that ‘Yes, this is a collection of islands, but more than that this is a nation - a nation that is in the making’.” The map returned to the Philippine shores after Mel Velarde purchased it during an auction at Sotheby in London in 2014. It is also considered the first scientific map of the Philippine archipelago.
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