Vietnamese map showing the Spratly and Paracel Islands in the 19th century. Background: between 1834 and 1838, at the time of Emperor Minh Mang, Phan Huy Chú published the Đại Nam Thống Nhất Toàn Đồ (the Unified Đại Nam Complete Map) that distinctly delineated Vạn Lý Trường Sa, the present-day Spratly Islands, from Hoàng Sa, the present-day Paracel archipelago.
Vạn Lý Trường Sa:Ten-thousand-league Long Sandbank.
Hoàng Sa: Golden Sandbank.
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Between 1834 and 1838, in the time of Emperor Minh Mang, Phan Huy Chú published the Đại Nam Thống Nhất Toàn Đồ (the Unified Đại Nam Complete Map) that separated and differentiated Vạn Lý Trường Sa, the present-day Spratly Islands, fro
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