Dutch Formosa
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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. In the context of the Age of Discovery, the Dutch East India Company estab
Replica of an East Indiaman of the Dutch East India Company/United East Indies Company (VOC).
Capture of Pieter Nuyts
Peace Treaty of 1662, between Governor Coyett and Koxinga
Formosan sika deer
Kingdom of Tungning
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The Kingdom of Tungning, also known as Tywan, was a dynastic maritime state that ruled part of southwestern Taiwan and the Penghu islands between 1662 and 1683. It is the first predominantly ethnic Ha
Dutch Formosa
…siege of Fort Zeelandia by Koxinga's army who promptly dismantled the Dutch colony, expelled the Dutch and established the Ming loyalist, anti-Qing Kingdom of Tungning. The Dutch Republic and England started expanding their colonial holdings and area of naval expeditions outside of Europe at the beginning of the 17th…
All territories ever controlled by the maritime force of the Zheng dynasty depicted in red; its historical sphere of influence shown in peach
Mid-17th century portrait of Koxinga (Guoxingye or "Kok seng ia" in Southern Min, meaning "Lord of the Imperial Surname")
Siege of Fort Zeelandia
Surrender of Fort Zeelandia to the Zheng forces