Dokdo-or-Takeshima?: 1996 CIA Map of Japan

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1996 CIA Map of Japan

Below is a administrative map of Japan made by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1996. The map is housed in the United States Library of Congress.

Notice that the map shows "Liancourt Rocks" (Dokdo/Takeshima) as part of Japan's Shimane Prefecture (37), without any mention of Korea's claim on them. In contrast, Japan's northern islands are described on the map as, "Occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945, administered by Russia, claimed by Japan."

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Anonymous1/6/08 16:37
Erm......So?
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Kaneganese1/6/08 23:52
Thank you, Gerry

We actually knew about this map for a while, but I didn't know it is stored in U.S. Congress Library. The map like this produced by American governmental authority backs up American official decision of Takeshima to be Japanese territory since 1950's further.

By the way, I found Alabama University has many old east-Asian maps. It is interesting to see not only Japanese but Western mapmaker continuously wrongfully mapped Argonaut as Take(Tako)shima near Choson and many of them made Matsushima(Ulleundo) and Liancourt Rocks to be Japanese territory.

http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/asia/eastasia2.html
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Gerry Bevers2/6/08 12:02
Hi Kaneganese,

I am sure there are many other copies of the 1996 map, but the one I posted was one I found on the Library of Congress site.

Thank you, Kaneganese. I was surprised to see that the Univ. of Alabama had such a large collection of old maps.
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ace_ventura26/4/11 03:18
Gerry.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/graphics/maps/newmaps/ks-map.gif

here's cia map of korea

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/graphics/maps/large/ja-map.gif

and japan

you can see now, they both include dok-do..

and USA's position has explicitly been confirmed. right?
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yabutarou27/4/11 00:53
Hi ace_ventura,

I can see now, they both include the Sea of Japan..

November 5, 1952

”It appears that the Department has taken the position that these rocks belong to Japan and has so informed the Korean Ambassador in Washington. ”
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Confidential_Security_Information_about_Liancourt_Rocks
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Unknown17/5/18 23:45
Dear, Webmaster

Hello, my name is Victoria (Jungwon) Ok, from Tokyo Korean High School in Japan. Currently, I am actively working as a member of Dokdo Cyber Press of South Korea. I decided to take this time to email your website when I came across an article where Dokdo Island was indicated as the 'Liancourt Rocks'.

Dokdo is an island in the east coast of South Korea next to the larger Ulleungdo. The islands are also often miscalled as the Liancourt Rocks, a name given by a French whaling ship, and as Takeshita by the Japanese, who believes this island belongs to them. However, historically, Dokdo has been part of Korean territory since 512 A.D. The problem arose when Japanese started to illegally mark Dokdo Island as their territory. As far as history stretches, it is a fact that Dokdo Island belongs to Korea.

I truly understand that you do not want to be involved in historical tension between Korea and Japan over territorial issues. Therefore, I do not ask you much but just to include 'Dokdo Island' next to the name 'Liancourt Rocks' in your article. I believe the usage of the word 'Dokdo Island' and 'Liancourt Rocks' concurrently would not cause you much problem, so I humbly ask for your attention and interest in changing the name.

Thank you for taking time to read this email regarding article correction. I look forward to receive a delightful response from you.

Yours sincerely,

Victoria Jungwon Ok
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mini-light18/5/18 18:48
Victoria Ok,

I will give you an undelightful response.

What you should do now is not to ask something to do of the administrator of this blog,but to suspect the false insistence of Korean government,for example,the claim that Takeshima has been part of Korean territory since 512 A.D.
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小嶋日向守19/5/18 02:51
I am surprised that she has written the island name "Takeshita" from Tokyo Japan.
She is just being nasty.
It is not worth a response to her.
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NE Shore of Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도)

This satellite photo shows Ulleungdo's neighboring islands of Gwaneumdo (觀音島) and Jukdo (竹島) off Ulleungdo's east shore. Gwaneumdo is only about 100 meters offshore and looks more like a cape than an island. Jukdo is about 2 km offshore. The old Korean name for Jukdo was "Usando" (于山島), as many of Korea's old maps show. Koreans claim that Usando was Korea's old name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), but they have no documents or maps to prove it. Also, Liancourt Rocks is about ninety-two kilometers southeast of Ulleungdo and are essentially two islands, but all of Korea's old maps show it as one island just off shore of Ulleungdo.

"Cheonggudo" (靑邱圖) Atlas (1860 - 1872)

This Korean map of Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) showed it with a small island off its eastern shore labeled as "Usan" (于山). Hash marks at the bottom of the map showed that Usan was less than 4 km off Ulleungdo's east shore. That would mean that it would be Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo, which is about 2.2 km off Ulleungdo's east shore. Koreans claim that Usando was the old name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but Dokdo is 92 km southeast of Ulleungdo and is essentially two islands, not one. The map is stored in the National Library of Korea.

"Cheonggudo" (靑邱圖) Atlas (1834)

This Korean map of Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) showed Usan (于山 - 우산) as a neighboring island just off Ulleungdo's east shore. The hash marks at the bottom of the map showed the island to be about 4 km offshore. Usando was the old Korean name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo, which is about 2.2 km of Ulleungdo's east shore. Koreans claim that Usando was the old Korean name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), which is 92 km southeast of Ulleungdo, but this map and many others prove that claim false. The map is stored in Seoul National University's Kyujanggak Center for Korean Studies.

"Dong Yeodo" (東輿圖) Atlas (1795 - 1800)

This map showed Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) with a neighboring island labeled as "Usan" (于山 - 우산). Usando (于山島) was the old Korean name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is about 2.2 km off Ulleungdo's east shore. Koreans claim that Usando was the old name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), which is 92 km southeast of Ulleungdo, but this map and many others prove that claim wrong. The map is stored in Japan's "University of Tsukuba Library" (筑波大学附属図書館).

"Joseon-do" (朝鮮圖) - 1800 - 1822

This map of Ullelungdo (鬱陵島) is from the Korean atlas "Joseon-do" (朝鮮圖), which is believed to have been made sometime between 1800 and 1822. Ulleungdo is shown with a neighboring island labeled as Usan (于山). Koreans claim that Usando (于山島) was the old Korean name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but this map and many others show that it was Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島), which is Ulleungdo's largest neighboring island and only two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. The map is stored in the Osaka Nakanoshima Library (中之島圖書館).

"Gwandong Bangyeo" (關東方輿) - late 1800s?)

This map of Ulleungdo comes from an atlas entitled "Gwandong Bangyeo" (關東方輿), which was probably made in the late 1800s since the map is very similarly to another map of Ulleungdo that was made between 1884 and 1894. The mapmaker used gridlines to help show relative size and distance. The map shows Ulleungdo with a small island off its east shore labeled as "Usan" (于山), which was the old Korean name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도). Jukdo is Ulleungdo's largest neighoring island and is about two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. Koreans claim that Usando was the old Korean name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), but they have no maps or documents to prove it. The map is stored in the Korean National Library.

"Joseon Jido" (朝鮮地圖) Atlas (1750 - 1768)

This Korean map of Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) showed "Usan" (于山 - 우산) as a neighboring island. The grid lines on the map helped show the small island's relative distance from Ulleungdo. Usando (于山島 - 우산도) was the old Korean name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is about 2.2 km off Ulleungdo's east shore. Korean's claim that Usando was the old name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), but this map and many others prove that claim false.

Inspector's Map of Ulleungdo (1711)

The map is an inspector's map that showed Ulleungdo with an island off its east shore labeled as "the so-called Usando" (所謂于山島). The small island was also labeled as having "fields of haejang bamboo" (海長竹田). Koreans claim that Usando was Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but this map shows that it could not have been Dokdo since Dokdo is just rocks without the soil to grow haejang bamboo. Also, Usando was shown as a neighboring island of Ulleungdo, but Dokdo is 92 km southeast of Ulleungdo. Stored in Seoul Nat'l University's Kyujanggak Institute of Korean Studies.

"Haejwa Jeondo" (海左全圖) - mid 1800s

This old Korean map showed Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) with a small neighboring island just off its east shore labeled as "Usan" (于山 - 우산). Koreans claim that Usando (于山島 - 우산도) was the old name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but this map is evidence against the Korean claim. Liancourt Rocks is essentially two islands 92 kilometers southeast of Ulleungdo, but the Usan on this map is just off Ulleungdo's east shore and is only one island. In fact, Usando was the old name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is only two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore.

Carte de la Coree (1846)

This map was made iin 1846 by Kim Dae-geon (金大建), who was Korea's first Catholic priest. He made this map for the benefit of the French priest he works with. He was killed by the Joseon government the same year this map was made. The map shows Ulleungdo labeled in French as "Oulangto" and its neighboring island of Usando labeled as "Ousan." Koreans claim that Usando (于山島 - 우산도) was the old name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rock), but this map shows Usando as one island just of the east shore of Ulleungdo. That tells us that Usando was almost certainly Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is only 2 kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. Also, this island could not have been Liancourt Rocks since Liancourt Rocks is essentially two islands not one. The original of this map is stored in the National Library of France.

Joseon Jeondo (朝鮮全圖) from the "Gakdo Jido" (各道地圖) Atlas (latter 18th c.)

This old Korean map showed an island labeled as "Usando" (于山島 - 우산도) just off the east shore of Ulleundo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도). Koreans claim that Usando was the old name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but this map is more evidence against that claim. Liancourt Rocks is essentially two islands ninety-two kilometers southeast of Ulleungdo, but this map shows Usando as one island just off Ulleungdo's east shore. Usando was, in fact, the old name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is about two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. This map is stored in Korea's Yeongnam University Museum.

"Joseon Jido" (朝鮮地圖) Atlas (1898)

"Donggyeong San Cheon - Paldo Jido (東京山川八道地圖) Atlas (date unknown)

"Jeongukdo" (全國圖) from the "Dongguk Daecheondo" (東國大全圖) - 1740

This old Korean map shows Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) with a small neighboring island just off its east shore labeled as "Usando" (于山島 - 우산도). Koreans claim that Usando was the old name for Dokdo, but this map is evidence against that claim. Liancourt Rocks is essentially two islands ninety-two kilometers southeast of Ulleungdo, but the Usando on this map is one island just off the east shore of Ulleungdo. Usando was, in fact, the old name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is about two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. This map is stored in the Korean National Museum.

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1996 CIA Map of Japan

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