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RM2B01BD4–Vietnam: Franco-Dutch map of Indochina. The Paracel Islands, disputed between Vietnam and China, are depicted close to the Vietnamese coast. 1760. 18th-century map of Vietnam, derives from a map of Southeast Asia and parts of China published in Amsterdam by the firm of Covens and Mortier. The title of this map is in French, but many of the place names and notes have been translated into Dutch.
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).
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).
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).
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').
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).
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').
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.
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.
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.
RM2B02K57–Map of mainland Southeast Asia including Burma / Myanmar, Lan Na (now Northern Thailand), Siam (Thailand), Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Champa, Malaya, Indonesia and the Philippines. Pulau Pinang / Penang Island is shown as being British (1786), and the Paracels Islands (Vt. Hoàng Sa, Ch. Xi Sha) are clearly shown as being Vietnamese.
RM2B01AEH–China: Proposed development image of Yongxing or Woody Island in the Xi Sha or Paracels Islands, called Đảo Phú Lâm by Vietnam. The sovereignty of the Paracels has been the subject of dispute between the People's Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan), and Vietnam since at least the early 20th century. France annexed the islands as part of French Indochina despite protests from China in the 1930s, but they were taken over by Japanese troops during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Japan renounced the claims to the islands after the war and the ROC occupied some of the Paracels in 1946.
RM2B0340D–The sovereignty of the Paracels has been the subject of dispute between the People's Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan), and Vietnam since at least the early 20th century. France annexed the islands as part of French Indochina despite protests from China in the 1930s, but they were taken over by Japanese troops during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Japan renounced the claims to the islands after the war and the Republic of China occupied some of the Paracel islands in late 1946. A small Chinese platoon was stationed on Woody Island. After the success of communists in the Chinese Ci
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).
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).
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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