“The 1734 Murillo Velarde map “served as a crucial piece of historical evidence” in the country's case over the West Philippine Sea dispute with China under the UNCLOS in the Hague-based arbitral tribunal.”
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Vera Files says: While the Philippines submitted the Murillo Velarde map as historical cartography evidence of the country's connection to Scarborough Shoal and the Spratly Islands, the arbitral tribunal did not rule which country has s…