Maps, Documents Describe Tokto as Korea's Territory
The Korea Times
U.S. documents and a newly discovered Japanese map indicate that Korea's easternmost islets of Tokto were recognized as part of Korea at least from the 18th century.
Professor Kim Moon-gil of Pusan University of Foreign Studies on Sunday revealed a 220-year-old map of the Korean Peninsula produced by Japanese geographer Shihei Hayashi in 1785.
The map described Ullungdo and Tokto as one large island and marked the sea around Ullungdo as the ``East Sea,'' not the ``Sea of Japan.''
Other documents disclosed by Mokpo National University's Professor Jung Byung-joon indicate that before the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty in 1951, the U.S. State Department considered Tokto Korean territory....the rest...
