The Territorial Recognitions which Western Maps of Japan Show for Takeshima/Liancour Rocks between 1880-1905 : Ver.1

There is no single western maps of Japan(1880-1905) which shows Liancourt Rocks = Korean.

I checked all the western-made Japanese maps between 1880-1905 posted on this blog and the results were extremely interesting. Although there were some maps which still show non-existant Argonaut, more than half (14 out of 26) of them show both Uleungdo and Takeshima to be Japanese territory. One (The Times Map (1900), Left) shows Matsushima(Ulleungdo) to be Korean, and Liancourt Rocks to be Japanese, which seems to be the most accurate map of that time. One shows Ulleungdo to be Japanese , but Liancourt Rocks are left to be uncoloured. The rest of them (10 out of 26) shows both islands to be uncoloured or unidentified, in other words, those are shown to be no man's land. In conclusion, it is safe to say that western countries(Britain, U.S.A., Canada and German) commonly considered Liancourt Rocks to be most likely Japanese territory around 1900.

○　1880 - German Map of Japan from Adolf Stieler's Hand Atlas 7th Edition （National Border between Ulleungdo and Choson）＊
○　1888 - British map of Japan and Corea (no Liancourt Rocks, but the borderline indicated that Dagelet island was Japan's territory)＊
○　1891 - German Map "Ost-China, Korea und Japan"　 ( Stieler, Adolf; Gotha; Justus Perthes)＊
○　1891 - American map of Japan (People’s Publishing Co. in Chicago)
△　1891 - American map of Japan　(International Cyclopaedia)Taka, Matsu and Liancourt Rocks
○　1892 - German Map of ”China und Japan”　（"Meyers Kleiner Handatlas," Leipzig）＊
○　1893 - Ｇｅｒｍａｎ Ｍap ”Ubersichtskarte von China und Japan”
○　1894 - British map of Japan (Edward Stanford, Charing Cross, London) ＊ Three islands
○　1894 - American map of Japan (Cram Universal)
○　1894 - British map of Japan and Korea (Popular Atlas of The World)＊　Three islands, with National border between Argonaut & Dagelet
○　1894 - German map of "JAPAN UND KOREA" ( Leipzig, Germany)＊
○　1894-1895 - Ｂｒｉｔｉｓｈ　Ｍap of Corea and Ｍap of Islands of Japan (W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh & London)
○　1897 - German map of ”Japan Und Korea”) (Leipzig, Germany）
○　1897 - German map "CHINA, KOREA UND JAPAN"＊ no colour but national border between Choson and Matsushima(Dagelet)
○　1897 - American map of Japan and Korea (The Century Atlas)＊Three islands
○　1898 - British Map "Japan Islands" (London, James Imray and Son )
○　1898 - American Map "Empires of China, Japan and Korea" (Chicago: J. Martin Miller)
○　1899 - American map of Japan and 1894 Japanese map of Korea (Map of Japan : George F. Cram of Chicago)
○　1899 - American Map of Japan (George F. Cram of Chicago) ＊Three islands
◎　1900 - The Times Map (China and Japan, Printing House, London)＊＊
○　1902 - German map of "Japan und Korea" ＊
○　1903 - German Map of Japan　which was owned by German Embassy ＊　
○　1904 - Canadian Business Map of Japan ( Rand McNally Business Atlas)＊
○　1904 - American Map "The Seat of the Japan-Russian War" (Geo.F.Cram, Chicago) ＊
○　1904 - British Map of "Eastern China, Japan and Korea" (Edward Stanford, London) Three islands
○　1904 - American Map of Japan, Korea & Manchuria (C.S. Hammond & Co., New York) Three islands
○　1904 - German map of Japa "Andree's Allgemeiner Handatlas" ( Velhagen & Klasing, Leipzig)

◎　Ulleungdo = Korean , Liancourt Rocks = Japanese → 1/27
○　Ulleungdo & Liancourt Rocks = Japanese　 →　 15/27
△　Ulleungdo = Japanese , Liancourt Rocks = Undecided → 1/27
○　Ulleungdo & Liancourt Rocks = Undecided　 →　 10/27
Liancourt Rocks = Korean → NONE

We've already shown that there are absolutely no map of Korea which shows Takeshima/Liancourt Rocks (ex. R. Hausermann's Map of Korea(1880) , (1865?) (Corée)), nor no single documents which shows Korean territory extend to the Eastern longitude of today's Takeshima before 1905, theyear Japan incorporated it into Shimane. In addition to those, fromthe results, it is more apparent that there was a common sence worldwide that Takeshima/Liancourt Rocks was not Korean territory, but most likely to be Japan's between 1880-1905. From those maps, it is illogical for Korean to claim Seokdo(石島) in Imperial Ordinance no.41 in 1900 to be today's Takeshima. If Korean really wants today's Takeshima to be Seokdo, they should have had identfied the location of this unknown/unidenrifiable island with more accurate expression plus they should have had notified Japan as long as many Japanese/Western maps and documents depict Takeshima/Liancourt Rocks to be Japanese territory. Or they should have protested or at least made inquiry to Japanese Governor-General when they got to know that Takeshima became Japanese territory in 1906, but the fact is, Imperial Korean government officialy answered to Governor-General that Takeshima was out of Uldo County in return when Japanese made official inqury about the area of Uldo County after Korean media wrongfully reported "Dokdo" which locate 100ris(40km) from Ulleungdo (!?) was
their territory.

Japanese government incorporated Takeshima/Liancourt Rocks into Shimane prefercure in 1905, because 1. there were no traces of occupation by any other countries 2. there were petition to incorporate by Japanese civilian who have been engaged in economical activity on the island for the last few years. Considering the facts that there were no single documents/maps which show Korean had any territorial recognition or control on the island, nor western countries had any recognition it to be Korean's, but most likely to be Japanese, it was very reasonable and law-abiding for Japanese government incorporated it into Shimane, Japan.

Moreover, even though there are many Japanese/Western maps which show even Ulleungdo(Matsushima/Dagelet) to be Japanese territory either, Japanese Meiji government incorporated Takeshima alone, but left Ulleungdo untouched. Actually, Ulleungdo, where many Japanese were already resided on and had history they had been occupied in 1600s, were much more valuable both economically and strategically. Japanese government had every single chance to "snatch" Ulleungdo from Korea, but they didn't since they knew it was Korean though many western maps and documents says it is Japan's, too. This fact clearly shows Japanese government were no "aggressive for snatching Koeran territory" at all, but only followed international law for incorporating Takeshima, which had no trace of occupation by any other countries including Korea, alone, unlike Korean government claims.