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East Sea,
a Name with 2000 Years of History
 

Ancient Maps of the West Mark the Region as East Sea
 

Chosun Sea, a Name Used Even by the Japanese
 

Japan's Claim Lacks Justific
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Japan's Claim Lacks Justification

Japan's claim that the title, Sea of Japan, was the established name of the region by westerners from the late 18th to early 19th century, does not coincide with facts gathered from objective research of the academic circle and experts such as examination of ancient maps of the West.

Please refer to the links below for more reference.

Map !!

A new map of Asia, from the latest observations most humbly inscrib? to the Right Hon.ble George Earl of Warrington, etc.

[Senex, London, 1710] (52cm x 60cm)
Asia, corrected from the observation communicated to the Royal Society at London and the Royal Academy at Paris / by John Senex, FRS, at the Globe against Dunstans Church, Fleet Street in London

[early 18th Century] (67cm x 99cm)
Asia, drawn from the best maps and regulated by astron.l observat.ns, 1743. T. Kitchin sculp.t. (16cm x 21cm)



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