Liuqiu, also known by several other names, is a coral island in the Taiwan Strait about 13 kilometers (8 mi) southwest of the main island of Taiwan. It...

Lamey or Liuqiu Island Massacre was the slaughter of aboriginal inhabitants of Liuqiu Island (then known as "Lamey" or "Golden Lion Island") off the...

Mandarin is Liúqiú. Uchinaa (沖縄), Okinawa in Okinawan, is originally a native name for the largest island in the island chain. The island was referred...

Look up Liuqiu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Liuqiu or Lewchew is a Chinese place-name variously denoting: Liuqiu (medieval), a realm variously...

with Taiwan Island, the Penghu Islands (Pescadore Islands), and the Ryukyu Islands. A detailed description of an island kingdom called "Liuqiu" may be found...

Liuqiu Island. In 1633, an expedition consisting of 250 Dutch soldiers, 40 Chinese pirates, and 250 Taiwanese natives were sent against Liuqiu Island...

Black Dwarf Cave is a cave and tourist attraction in Tianfu Village on Liuqiu Island, off Pingtung County, Taiwan. Its scenic area includes paths around...

Vase Rock is a rock just off Liuqiu Island of Pingtung County, Taiwan. The rock was formed by the rising of the coastal coral reef. Its lower part has...

villages along the alluvial plains, as well as Orchid Island, Green Island, and Liuqiu Island. The bulk of contemporary Taiwanese indigenous peoples...

coral reefs of Liuqiu Island, then known to the Dutch as Lamay, in 1622. The crewmembers were killed by the native inhabitants of the island, which ultimately...

island as Taiwan while others do not. The Book of Sui relates that Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty sent three expeditions to a place called "Liuqiu"...

Lobster Cave is a cave on Liuqiu Island, off Pingtung County, Taiwan. "Lobster Cave" is a calque of the cave's Chinese name. It supposedly derives from...

Stanford UP, p. 117, ISBN 978-0804721950 Volkman, Toby Alice (1990), Sulawesi: island crossroads of Indonesia, Passport Books, p. 73, ISBN 0844299065 Koloniale...

22 °C (72 °F) year-round, the second highest of Southern Taiwan after Liuqiu Island. According to recent records, the average temperature of the city has...

of World War II. Allied forces attempted unsuccessfully to defend the islands. The East Indies were targeted by the Japanese for their rich oil resources...

at the crescent-shaped Liaoluo Bay that forms the southern coast of the island of Kinmen. A Dutch fleet under Admiral Hans Putmans was attempting to control...

(1630) Abrolhos (1631) Liaoluo Bay (1633) Taiwan (1635–36) Brazil (1636) Liuqiu Island (1636) Porto Calvo (1637) Elmina (1637) Vietnam (1637–43) Goa (1638)...

Haarlem), Coney Island (from Conyne Eylandt, modern Dutch spelling Konijneneiland: Rabbit island) and Staten Island (meaning "Island of the States")....

the Acehnese and executed while others stated he escaped to the Lingga Island where he died in 1615. The captured Dutchmen were taken to Aceh as prisoners...

conquest of the Banda Islands was a process of military conquest from 1609 to 1621 by the Dutch East India Company of the Banda Islands. The Dutch, having...

called "Liuqiu" early in the 7th century. Historically, the name Liuqiu (whose characters are read in Japanese as Ryukyu) referred to the island chain to...

(1630) Abrolhos (1631) Liaoluo Bay (1633) Taiwan (1635–36) Brazil (1636) Liuqiu Island (1636) Porto Calvo (1637) Elmina (1637) Vietnam (1637–43) Goa (1638)...

Strait. This strategic but treacherous 600-meter waterway separates the islands of Honshū and Kyūshū and provides a passage connecting the Inland Sea with...

(Chinese: 半屏山; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pòaⁿ-pêng-soaⁿ). Aboriginal inhabitants of Liuqiu Island (13 km [8.1 mi] southwest of Taiwan, and now part of Pingtung County)...

Company's rule over Taiwan and began the Kingdom of Tungning's rule over the island. From 1623 to 1624, the Dutch had been at war with Ming China over the Pescadores...

complete colonization of both Bali and Lombok by the early 20th century. The island of Lombok inhabited by the Sasak who adopted Islam in the 16th century....

comprises the Republic of Indonesia. The VOC had conquered a large part of the island of Java, and exercised "direct rule" there. But other parts were still autonomous...

In Java, and to a lesser extent in Sumatra (Indonesia's two dominant islands), the Japanese spread and encouraged nationalist sentiment. Although this...

Mannar being one of them. And after a short conflict between the two, the Island of Mannar was subsequently ceded to the Dutch. After the battle, Rijckloff...

Yúgǎng) is a port on Liuqiu Island in Pingtung County, Taiwan. It is a home port for fishing vessels that operate from the island. It is the second largest...