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Research notes re the Velarde Nap and, particularly, Galit, Panacot and Lumbay
Sources seen include
- [1] ;;Maps of the Philippine Islands in [2]
- [3] Zoomable and panable maps from [4] A chart of the China Sea, and Philippine Islands, with the Archipelagos of Felicia and Soloo, shewing the whole tract comprized between Canton and Balambangan with the soundings, shoals, rocks, & ca. [cartographic material] / composed from an original drawing communicated by Capt. Robert Carr, and compared with the map of Pedro Murillo de Velarde, engraved at Manilla in 1734, as well as with the surveys of several British navigators
Galit, Panacot and Lumbay are three maritime features charted with those names off the west coast of central Luzon Island in the Philippines in the 1734 Velarde map. Features in approximately the same three locations were charted but not named in a nautical chart published as part of a French maritime atlas 1810 using information from charts published in 1771.[1] The earliest known charting of these features was on {a map https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/39979/a-chart-of-the-china-sea-inscribed-to-monsr-dapres-de-mann-dapres-de-mannevillette-dalrymple}. The features were not named there but the chart depicted the feature later named Galit as being located at about {location}, Panacot at {} and Lumbay at {}, but both this chart and the 1734 Vilarde map were made at a time before the development of the marine chronometer, when position was determined by celestial navigation, and the results were both imprecise and not closely repeatable.
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It is likely that the three features were different historical reports of the same reef,{OR? not quite what the source says} Scarborough Shoal, from time periods where ocean navigation was imprecise. Upon the grounding of the Scarborough in 1748, it was thought that the grounding site was close to where Panacot was thought to be. Detailed surveys in the late 18th and 19th centuries more accurate mapped this shoal, and found no other shoals in the immediate area.[2]
Names[edit]
The island names are in the Tagalog language. FGilipino historian Ambeth R. Ocampo has translated these to English respectively as Anger, Threat, and Sorrow.[3] These names were possibly related to their danger to ships.[4][5]
Other names became associated with supposed shoals in this area. Galit was sometimes associated with a shoal other maps called Bajo de Bolinao, while Lumbay was associated with Bajo de Miravel. Names associated with Panacot include Bajo de Masinloc, Maroona, South Maroona, Marsingola, and eventually the current name of Scarborough Shoal.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ sidepanel info at https://archive.org/details/dr_a-chart-of-the-china-sea-inscribed-to-monsr-dapres-de-mannevillette-the-i-13102066. Also zoomable image and description info at https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/39979/a-chart-of-the-china-sea-inscribed-to-monsr-dapres-de-mann-dapres-de-mannevillette-dalrymple
- ^ a b Jay L. Batongbacal (September 26, 2014). "Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal): Less-known Facts vs. Published Fiction". Retrieved May 29, 2024.
- ^ "Ancient maps and the rise of a nation". Philippine Daily Inquirer. May 30, 2018.
- ^ Sofia Tomacruz (September 20, 2019). "Ever heard of the 1734 Murillo Velarde map and why it should be renamed?". Rappler. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
- ^ Ambeth R. Ocampo (May 14, 2021). "Regrets, old maps, and Carpio". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
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