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    The island of Taiwan, also commonly known as Formosa, was partly under colonial rule by the Dutch Republic from 1624 to 1662 and from 1664 to 1668. In...
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    known to Europeans at the time as Formosa or to Spaniards as "Isla Hermosa" from 1626 to 1642. It was ceded to the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years'...
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    Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan) (category 1624 establishments in Dutch Formosa)
    years from 1624 to 1634 by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), in the town of Anping (now Anping District of Tainan) on Formosa, the former name of central...
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    subsequently ousted by the Dutch who had taken over the southern part of Taiwan and established Dutch Formosa. In 1640, the Dutch began contacting Han Chinese...
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  • moves were undertaken in 1635 and 1636 by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Dutch-era Taiwan (Formosa) aimed at subduing hostile aboriginal villages...
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    in Makung. In 1624, the Chinese attacked, and the Dutch were driven to Taiwan (then called Formosa, meaning "beautiful island"). That year they established...
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    separated from the main part of Formosa by a shallow lagoon historically referred to as the Taikang inland sea [zh]. The Dutch fortifications consisted of...
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    (1616–1975) Dutch Formosa (1624–1662), and Keelung (Fort Noord-Holland; 1663–1668) Dutch Virgin Islands (1625–1680) Dutch Bengal (1627–1825) Dutch Brazil (1630–1654)...
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  • Republic of Formosa, a short-lived republic in 1895 on the island of Formosa (also known as Taiwan) Dutch Formosa, the period of colonial Dutch government...
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    The Republic of Formosa was a short-lived republic that existed on the island of Taiwan in 1895 between the formal cession of Taiwan by the Qing dynasty...
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    first came into contact with the West after the Dutch East India Company established its Government of Formosa in 1624. David Wright, a Scottish agent of the...
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    com Dictionary. Campbell, William (1903). "Explanatory Notes". Formosa under the Dutch: described from contemporary records, with explanatory notes and...
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    expedition to Formosa was a campaign mounted by the Spanish based in Manila, Philippines in 1626. It was the Spanish response to Dutch settlements being...
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    counties on the West coast, and suffers from emigration. During the Dutch Formosa era, Ponkan (modern-day Beigang) was an important coastal castle. Yunlin...
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    published 1675 in 't verwaerloosde Formosa]. "Arrival and Victory of Koxinga". In Campbell, William (ed.). Formosa under the Dutch: described from contemporary...
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    ISBN 978-1-84064-635-1 Chiu, Hsin-Hui (2008), The Colonial 'Civilizing Process' in Dutch Formosa: 1624–1662, vol. 10 of TANAP monographs on the history of the Asian-European...
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    by the early 17th century. Named Formosa by Portuguese explorers, the south of the island was colonized by the Dutch in the 17th century whilst the Spanish...
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    The governor of Formosa (Dutch: gouverneur van Formosa; Chinese: 台灣長官) was the head of government during the Dutch colonial period in Taiwan, which lasted...
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    Antonius Hambroek (category People from Dutch Formosa)
    – 21 July 1661) was a Dutch missionary to Formosa from 1648 to 1661, during the Dutch colonial era. Prior to working in Formosa, Hambroek was a minister...
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    history of education in Taiwan can be traced back to the Dutch colonial period. In 1636, the Dutch started a school for the Sinckan people that not only...
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    Fort Provintia (category 1653 establishments in Dutch Formosa)
    Chhiah-khám-lâu), was a Dutch outpost on Formosa at a site now located in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan. It was built in 1653 during the Dutch colonization...
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    Fort Santo Domingo (category Dutch Formosa)
    locals helped to make a road to it from the fort. "Peter Nuits the Dutch Governor of Formosa, reported these facts to his home authorities and exposed in an...
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  • Ts'ao Yung-ho (category CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl))
    languages. Iwao taught Ts'ao Dutch, which was essential for Ts'ao to read the archived material from the Dutch Formosa era. In 1947, Yang Yun-ping [zh]...
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    Sinkang Manuscripts (category Dutch Formosa)
    when Taiwan was under the administration of the Dutch East India Company (Dutch Formosa 1624–1662), Dutch missionaries learned Sinckan to facilitate both...
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    Kaohsiung (category 1620s establishments in the Dutch Empire)
    February 2021. Campbell, William (1903). "Explanatory Notes". Formosa under the Dutch: described from contemporary records, with explanatory notes and...
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    cultures of aboriginal tribes were recorded by the government of Dutch Formosa, Spanish Formosa and the Qing Empire. Research on ethnic groups of Taiwanese...
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    transition, when workers were imported from Fujian to the colony of Dutch Formosa in the southwest of Taiwan. According to governmental statistics, in...
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  • 1677 1678 1679 1660s 1662 1663 1664 1665 1666 1667 1668 1669 Dutch Formosa Spanish Formosa 1660s 1660 1661 1662 1650s 1650 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656...
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  • Cornelis Caesar (category Colonial governors of Dutch Formosa)
     1610–1657) was a Dutch merchant and Dutch East India Company official, serving as Governor of Formosa from 1653 to 1656. After joining the Dutch East India...
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    Frederick Coyett (category Colonial governors of Dutch Formosa)
    governor for the Dutch colony of Formosa. He was the first Swede to travel to Japan and China and became the last governor of Dutch-occupied Taiwan (1656–1662)...
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