History of Taiwan
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The history of the island of Taiwan dates back tens of thousands of years to the earliest known evidence of human habitation. The sudden appearance of a culture based on agriculture around 3000 BC is
Statue of Chen Di in Lianjiang County
Chinese depiction of Chikan (Fort Provintia), 1752
Bird's eye view of Fort Zeelandia in Dutch Formosa in the 17th-century
Depiction of a Chinese man, woman, and soldier, by Georg Franz Müller (1646–1723)
Koxinga
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Zheng Chenggong, born Zheng Sen and better known internationally by his honorific title Koxinga, was a Southern Ming general who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century and expelled th
The Portrait of Koxinga, mid-17th century
Zheng Chenggong statue in Xiamen, Fujian, China. The granite statue is 15.7 m tall and weighs 1617 tons.
Extent of territory held by Koxinga (red), sphere of influence (pink) during his 1655-1659 campaigns
Image of Koxinga Temple in Tainan