竹島

Seoul National University has many maps online that can be closely inspected, but, strangely, the 1882 map is not among them, even though it is part of their collection. Why isn’t such an important map available for inspection on their Web site? I think it is because they do not want people to know that one of the caves is labeled Gaji-gul (Seal Cave). Has anyone seen it mentioned on the Web anywhere? Wouldn’t it be an important piece of evidence in the Dokdo/Takeshima debate?

Also, I wonder if the small Chinese characters under the red spot on the map hold any secrets? I know the first character is “seok” (石), which means “rock.” I wonder if it might be a clue to why the name “Seokdo” suddenly appeared in the 1900 edict, which said that Ulleungdo, Jukdo, and Seokdo were part of Uldo (Ulleungdo) County?

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