Tag Archives: Treaty of Shimonoseki

The First Bathymetric Chart of the East China Sea

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Ryan Scoville

Yesterday I came across a copy of the earliest bathymetric chart of the Pacific Ocean, which was made by the German geographer Augustus Petermann in 1877. The image to the left zooms in on the portion of the map that … Continue reading →

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The Drafting History of the Treaty of Shimononseki

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Ryan Scoville

One of the many contested issues in the sovereignty dispute over the Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands is whether China ceded title to Japan in the Treaty of Shimonoseki. In this post, I’ll briefly explain the competing textual arguments under the … Continue reading →

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