《釣魚島是中國的固有領土》白皮書

(三)中外地圖標繪釣魚島屬于中國

3. Chinese and foreign maps show that Diaoyu Dao belongs to China

1579年(明萬歷七年)明朝冊封使蕭崇業(yè)所著《使琉球錄》中的“琉球過海圖”、1629年(明崇禎二年)茅瑞徵撰寫的《皇明象胥錄》、 1767年(清乾隆三十二年)繪制的《坤輿全圖》、1863年(清同治二年)刊行的《皇朝中外一統(tǒng)輿圖》等，都將釣魚島列入中國版圖。

The Roadmap to Ryukyu (Liu Qiu Guo Hai Tu) in the Shi Liu Qiu Lu written by imperial title-conferring envoy Xiao Chongye in 1579 (the seventh year of the reign of Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty)， the Record of the Interpreters of August Ming (Huang Ming Xiang Xu Lu) written by Mao Ruizheng in 1629 (the second year of the reign of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty)， the Great Universal Geographic Map (Kun Yu Quan Tu) created in 1767 (the 32nd year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty)， and the Atlas of the Great Qing Dynasty (Huang Chao Zhong Wai Yi Tong Yu Tu) published in 1863 (the second year of the reign of Emperor Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty) all marked Diaoyu Dao as China's territory。

日本最早記載釣魚島的文獻為1785年林子平所著《三國通覽圖說》的附圖“琉球三省并三十六島之圖”，該圖將釣魚島列在琉球三十六島之外，并與中國大陸繪成同色，意指釣魚島為中國領土的一部分。

The book Illustrated Outline of the Three Countries written by Hayashi Shihei in 1785 was the earliest Japanese literature to mention Diaoyu Dao. The Map of the Three Provinces and 36 Islands of Ryukyu in the book put Diaoyu Dao as being apart from the 36 islands of Ryukyu and colored it the same as the mainland of China, indicating that Diaoyu Dao was part of China's territory。

1809年法國地理學家皮耶·拉比等繪《東中國海沿岸各國圖》，將釣魚島、黃尾嶼、赤尾嶼繪成與臺灣島相同的顏色。1811年英國出版的《最新中國地圖》、1859年美國出版的《柯頓的中國》、1877年英國海軍編制的《中國東海沿海自香港至遼東灣海圖》等地圖，都將釣魚島列入中國版圖。

The Map of East China Sea Littoral States created by the French cartographer Pierre Lapie and others in 1809 colored Diaoyu Dao, Huangwei Yu, Chiwei Yu and the Taiwan Island as the same. Maps such as A New Map of China from the Latest Authorities published in Britain in 1811, Colton's China published in the United States in 1859, and A Map of China's East Coast: Hongkong to Gulf of Liao-Tung compiled by the British Navy in 1877 all marked Diaoyu Dao as part of China's territory。