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Vietnam: Poster pledging to defend Vietnam's sovereignty over the Paracels and Spratlys Archipelagos. The Spratlys Archipelago in the South China Sea (called by Vietnam the East Sea) is disputed in various degrees by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. The Paracels Islands are disputed between China and Vietnam, but have been controlled completely by China since 1974. The Chinese claim is the most extensive and is generally indicated by a notional frontier termed by the Chinese the 'Nine Dotted Line' (nánhǎi jiǔduàn xiàn). Stock Photo
RM2B01AFM–Vietnam: Poster pledging to defend Vietnam's sovereignty over the Paracels and Spratlys Archipelagos. The Spratlys Archipelago in the South China Sea (called by Vietnam the East Sea) is disputed in various degrees by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. The Paracels Islands are disputed between China and Vietnam, but have been controlled completely by China since 1974. The Chinese claim is the most extensive and is generally indicated by a notional frontier termed by the Chinese the 'Nine Dotted Line' (nánhǎi jiǔduàn xiàn).
South China Sea: Map of the disputed Paracels Islands and Spratly Islands detailing the Chinese claim. The Spratlys Archipelago in the South China Sea (called by Vietnam the East Sea) is disputed in various degrees by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. The Paracels Islands are disputed between China and Vietnam, but have been controlled completely by China since 1974. The Chinese claim is the most extensive and is generally indicated by a notional frontier termed by the Chinese the 'Nine Dotted Line' (nánhǎi jiǔduàn xiàn). Stock Photo
RM2B01AE6–South China Sea: Map of the disputed Paracels Islands and Spratly Islands detailing the Chinese claim. The Spratlys Archipelago in the South China Sea (called by Vietnam the East Sea) is disputed in various degrees by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. The Paracels Islands are disputed between China and Vietnam, but have been controlled completely by China since 1974. The Chinese claim is the most extensive and is generally indicated by a notional frontier termed by the Chinese the 'Nine Dotted Line' (nánhǎi jiǔduàn xiàn).
South China Sea: Map of the disputed Paracels Islands and Spratly Islands detailing the Vietnamese claim. The Spratlys Archipelago in the South China Sea (called by Vietnam the East Sea) is disputed in various degrees by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. The Paracels Islands are disputed between China and Vietnam, but have been controlled completely by China since 1974. The Chinese claim is the most extensive and is generally indicated by a notional frontier termed by the Chinese the 'Nine Dotted Line' (nánhǎi jiǔduàn xiàn). Stock Photo
RM2B01ADP–South China Sea: Map of the disputed Paracels Islands and Spratly Islands detailing the Vietnamese claim. The Spratlys Archipelago in the South China Sea (called by Vietnam the East Sea) is disputed in various degrees by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. The Paracels Islands are disputed between China and Vietnam, but have been controlled completely by China since 1974. The Chinese claim is the most extensive and is generally indicated by a notional frontier termed by the Chinese the 'Nine Dotted Line' (nánhǎi jiǔduàn xiàn).
South China Sea: Map of the disputed Paracels Islands and Spratly Islands detailing the Vietnamese claim. The Spratlys Archipelago in the South China Sea (called by Vietnam the East Sea) is disputed in various degrees by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. The Paracels Islands are disputed between China and Vietnam, but have been controlled completely by China since 1974. The Chinese claim is the most extensive and is generally indicated by a notional frontier termed by the Chinese the 'Nine Dotted Line' (nánhǎi jiǔduàn xiàn). Stock Photo
RM2B01ADN–South China Sea: Map of the disputed Paracels Islands and Spratly Islands detailing the Vietnamese claim. The Spratlys Archipelago in the South China Sea (called by Vietnam the East Sea) is disputed in various degrees by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. The Paracels Islands are disputed between China and Vietnam, but have been controlled completely by China since 1974. The Chinese claim is the most extensive and is generally indicated by a notional frontier termed by the Chinese the 'Nine Dotted Line' (nánhǎi jiǔduàn xiàn).
Vietnam: Poster extolling the virtues of the Vietnamese navy. The Spratlys Archipelago in the South China Sea (called by Vietnam the East Sea) is disputed in various degrees by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. The Paracels Islands are disputed between China and Vietnam, but have been controlled completely by China since 1974. The Chinese claim is the most extensive and is generally indicated by a notional frontier termed by the Chinese the 'Nine Dotted Line' (nánhǎi jiǔduàn xiàn; literally 'Nine division lines of the South China Sea'). Stock Photo
RM2B01AFK–Vietnam: Poster extolling the virtues of the Vietnamese navy. The Spratlys Archipelago in the South China Sea (called by Vietnam the East Sea) is disputed in various degrees by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. The Paracels Islands are disputed between China and Vietnam, but have been controlled completely by China since 1974. The Chinese claim is the most extensive and is generally indicated by a notional frontier termed by the Chinese the 'Nine Dotted Line' (nánhǎi jiǔduàn xiàn; literally 'Nine division lines of the South China Sea').
South China Sea: Map of the disputed Paracel Islands and Spratly Islands. The Spratlys Archipelago in the South China Sea (called by Vietnam the East Sea) is disputed in various degrees by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. The Paracels Islands are disputed between China and Vietnam, but have been controlled completely by China since 1974. The Chinese claim is the most extensive and is generally indicated by a notional frontier termed by the Chinese the 'Nine Dotted Line' (nánhǎi jiǔduàn xiàn; literally 'Nine division lines of the South China Sea'). Stock Photo
RM2B01ADM–South China Sea: Map of the disputed Paracel Islands and Spratly Islands. The Spratlys Archipelago in the South China Sea (called by Vietnam the East Sea) is disputed in various degrees by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. The Paracels Islands are disputed between China and Vietnam, but have been controlled completely by China since 1974. The Chinese claim is the most extensive and is generally indicated by a notional frontier termed by the Chinese the 'Nine Dotted Line' (nánhǎi jiǔduàn xiàn; literally 'Nine division lines of the South China Sea').
Vietnam/China: Map of Tonkin (Vietnam), China, Formosa (Taiwan) and Luzon (Philippines), by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795), 1771. Detail showing Gulf of Tonkin, Paracels Islands and Hainan Island. Bonne's 1771 map of Tonkin and the South China Sea/East Sea is important and controversial as it clearly shows Hainan Island (yellow outline) belonging to China and, more significantly, the Paracel Islands - currently disputed between China and Vietnam but occupied by the former - in green, as Vietnamese territory. The disputed Spratlys are not shown on the map. Stock Photo
RM2B01BBE–Vietnam/China: Map of Tonkin (Vietnam), China, Formosa (Taiwan) and Luzon (Philippines), by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795), 1771. Detail showing Gulf of Tonkin, Paracels Islands and Hainan Island. Bonne's 1771 map of Tonkin and the South China Sea/East Sea is important and controversial as it clearly shows Hainan Island (yellow outline) belonging to China and, more significantly, the Paracel Islands - currently disputed between China and Vietnam but occupied by the former - in green, as Vietnamese territory. The disputed Spratlys are not shown on the map.
Vietnam: A Vietnamese map published in 1834 showing the East Sea (South China Sea) and the Gulf of Thailand. The Spratlys are represented as a long cluster of islets just off the shore of central Vietnam. The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs, iislets, atolls, cays and islands in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines and Malaysia (Sabah), about one third of the way to southern Vietnam. They comprise less than four square kilometres of land area spread over more than 425,000 square kilometres of sea. Stock Photo
RM2B01AEB–Vietnam: A Vietnamese map published in 1834 showing the East Sea (South China Sea) and the Gulf of Thailand. The Spratlys are represented as a long cluster of islets just off the shore of central Vietnam. The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs, iislets, atolls, cays and islands in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines and Malaysia (Sabah), about one third of the way to southern Vietnam. They comprise less than four square kilometres of land area spread over more than 425,000 square kilometres of sea.
Vietnam/China: Map of Tonkin (Vietnam), China, Formosa (Taiwan) and Luzon (Philippines), by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795), 1771 . Bonne's 1771 map of Tonkin and the South China Sea/East Sea is important and controversial as it clearly shows Hainan Island (yellow outline) belonging to China and, more significantly, the Paracel Islands - currently disputed between China and Vietnam but occupied by the former - in green, as Vietnamese territory. The disputed Spratlys are not shown on the map. In 1771 Tonkin was ruled by the Trinh Lords (1545-1787), specifically by Trinh Sam (r. 1767-1782). Stock Photo
RM2B01BBF–Vietnam/China: Map of Tonkin (Vietnam), China, Formosa (Taiwan) and Luzon (Philippines), by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795), 1771 . Bonne's 1771 map of Tonkin and the South China Sea/East Sea is important and controversial as it clearly shows Hainan Island (yellow outline) belonging to China and, more significantly, the Paracel Islands - currently disputed between China and Vietnam but occupied by the former - in green, as Vietnamese territory. The disputed Spratlys are not shown on the map. In 1771 Tonkin was ruled by the Trinh Lords (1545-1787), specifically by Trinh Sam (r. 1767-1782).
Originally the property of John Selden, the London lawyer and historical and linguistic scholar, the 'Selden Map' was lodged with the Bodleian Library in 1659. Dating from the late Ming period, it shows China, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Southeast Asia and southern India. Shipping routes with compass bearings from the port of Quanzhou are given for the entire region. A panel of Chinese text on the left of the map near Calicut in the west gives directions of the routes to Aden, Oman, and the Straits of Hormuz. This is the earliest Chinese map to show shipping routes,and also to Stock Photo
RM2B02AD4–Originally the property of John Selden, the London lawyer and historical and linguistic scholar, the 'Selden Map' was lodged with the Bodleian Library in 1659. Dating from the late Ming period, it shows China, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Southeast Asia and southern India. Shipping routes with compass bearings from the port of Quanzhou are given for the entire region. A panel of Chinese text on the left of the map near Calicut in the west gives directions of the routes to Aden, Oman, and the Straits of Hormuz. This is the earliest Chinese map to show shipping routes,and also to
Originally the property of John Selden, the London lawyer and historical and linguistic scholar, the 'Selden Map' was lodged with the Bodleian Library in 1659. Dating from the late Ming period, it shows China, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Southeast Asia and southern India. Shipping routes with compass bearings from the port of Quanzhou are given for the entire region. A panel of Chinese text on the left of the map near Calicut in the west gives directions of the routes to Aden, Oman, and the Straits of Hormuz. This is the earliest Chinese map to show shipping routes,and also to Stock Photo
RM2B02AD3–Originally the property of John Selden, the London lawyer and historical and linguistic scholar, the 'Selden Map' was lodged with the Bodleian Library in 1659. Dating from the late Ming period, it shows China, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Southeast Asia and southern India. Shipping routes with compass bearings from the port of Quanzhou are given for the entire region. A panel of Chinese text on the left of the map near Calicut in the west gives directions of the routes to Aden, Oman, and the Straits of Hormuz. This is the earliest Chinese map to show shipping routes,and also to
The pirate Zhang Baozai operated six fleets in the South China Sea with over 70,000 followers, presenting perhaps the largest maritime security problem any nation has ever faced. An extraordinary ink painting scroll entitled ‘Pacifying the South China Sea’ which is 18 metres in length, depicts the nine-day Battle of Lantau that heralded the strategy of Viceroy Bailing to rid the Chinese seas of this blight. It was painted in the early 19th century by an unknown artist to commemorate the defeat of the pirates who prowled the waters around Guangdong in the mid-Jiaqing period (1796–1820). Stock Photo
RM2B0302B–The pirate Zhang Baozai operated six fleets in the South China Sea with over 70,000 followers, presenting perhaps the largest maritime security problem any nation has ever faced. An extraordinary ink painting scroll entitled ‘Pacifying the South China Sea’ which is 18 metres in length, depicts the nine-day Battle of Lantau that heralded the strategy of Viceroy Bailing to rid the Chinese seas of this blight. It was painted in the early 19th century by an unknown artist to commemorate the defeat of the pirates who prowled the waters around Guangdong in the mid-Jiaqing period (1796–1820).
Vietnam/USA: Poster issued by Overseas Vietnamese in the USA attacking North Vietnam's Pham Van Dong for acquiescing to Chinese maritime claims in 1958. In 1958, the People's Republic of China, having taken over mainland China and having left the Republic of China with control over Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and some outlying islands, issued a declaration of a 12 nautical mile limit territorial waters that encompassed the Spratly Islands. North Vietnam's prime minister, Phạm Văn Đồng, sent a formal note to recognise these claims. Stock Photo
RM2B01AFJ–Vietnam/USA: Poster issued by Overseas Vietnamese in the USA attacking North Vietnam's Pham Van Dong for acquiescing to Chinese maritime claims in 1958. In 1958, the People's Republic of China, having taken over mainland China and having left the Republic of China with control over Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and some outlying islands, issued a declaration of a 12 nautical mile limit territorial waters that encompassed the Spratly Islands. North Vietnam's prime minister, Phạm Văn Đồng, sent a formal note to recognise these claims.
Vietnam: Cartoon shows Mao Zedong setting police attack dog on Vietnamese asserting 'The Paracels and the Spratlys Belong to Vietnam'. The Spratlys Archipelago in the South China Sea (called by Vietnam the East Sea) is disputed in various degrees by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. The Paracels Islands are disputed between China and Vietnam, but have been controlled completely by China since 1974. The Chinese claim is the most extensive and is generally indicated by a notional frontier termed by the Chinese the 'Nine Dotted Line' (nánhǎi jiǔduàn xiàn). Stock Photo
RM2B01AFH–Vietnam: Cartoon shows Mao Zedong setting police attack dog on Vietnamese asserting 'The Paracels and the Spratlys Belong to Vietnam'. The Spratlys Archipelago in the South China Sea (called by Vietnam the East Sea) is disputed in various degrees by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. The Paracels Islands are disputed between China and Vietnam, but have been controlled completely by China since 1974. The Chinese claim is the most extensive and is generally indicated by a notional frontier termed by the Chinese the 'Nine Dotted Line' (nánhǎi jiǔduàn xiàn).
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