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aborigines
Age of Commerce, I:36
agriculture
- and Formosan Austronesians, 9:39
- and Rebellion of 1652, 9:38, 9:40
- and recession, 11:16
- and Zheng trade embargo, 10:33
- Chinese establishment of on Taiwan, 2:25, 6:15–20, 6:22, 6:31
- Chinese geographical limits of, 6:26
- development of on Taiwan, 6:14–16
- earliest evidence on Taiwan, 6:4
artillery fortress, I:32
Austronesians
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Batavia
bureacratic rule
- versus charismatic rule, 9:24
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cabessa system
- and administration of justice, 9:42
- as intermediaries with Zheng Family, 10:22, 10:27, 10:36, 11:1–3, 11:7–10, 11:12–13
- compared to baojia (lijia) system, 8:10
- in Taiwan compared to Batavia, C:22
- offer to collect hoofdgeld, 8:10
- origins of, 8:10
cartography, 4:7
Catholicism
ceremonial
China
- see also Chinese colony
- see also Fujian
- as silver sink, I:37
- colonialism, I:6, I:17, C:11, I:2, 1:26–27, 2:11–14, 6:3–18, 6:22, 6:31, C:17–23
- colonization, Taiwan, 1:26–27, 2:11–14, 2:26, 6:3–18, 6:22, 8:4
- contact with Portugal, I:25
- first political control on Taiwan, 6:7–9, C:11
- foreign trade, Batavia, C:21
- foreign trade, I:35, 2:17, 2:20–21, 2:24–26, 4:7, 6:6, C:11, C:21
- foreign trade, Manila, I:27
- foreign trade, Philippines, C:17–19
- foreign trade, Portugal, I:25
- informal empire of, I:35
- laborers, wages of, 8:8
- maritime technology, 2:23
- migration to Taiwan, 6:4–18, 6:22, 6:31
- migration, I:2, 6:4–18, 6:22
- migration, to Batavia, C:21–23
- migration, to Batavia, C:21–23
- migration, to Philippines, C:17–20
- migration, to Philippines, C:17–20
- migration, wages, 8:8
- migrants, massacres of, see Chinese massacres
- migrants, rebellions of, see Chinese rebellions
- overseas expansion, C:11
- trade to Southeast Asia, I:35
- trade to Spanish Taiwan, 4:15
- trade to Taiwan, 4:7, 7:4–12, C:11
- trade, I:35
Chinese colonies
- Batavia, population, C:21–23
- Batavia, rebellion, C:23
- Philippines, massacre, 1603, I:16
- Philippines, population, C:17–18
- Philippines, rebellions, C:18–20
- Taiwan, 1:26–27, 2:11–14, 2:26, 6:2, 6:3–18, 6:22, 8:4
- Taiwan, as beneficiaries of VOC rule, 9:7
- Taiwan, as focus of VOC protection, 11:27–28
- Taiwan, earliest settlers, 1:26–27, 2:11–14, 2:26, 6:4–18, 6:22
- Taiwan, following Rebellion of 1652, 9:38, 9:40
- Taiwan, forbidden in aboriginal villages, 7:29–30
- Taiwan, gender imbalance, 6:16
- Taiwan, helps Zheng Chenggong's troops, 11:30
- Taiwan, laborers, wages, 8:8
- Taiwan, loyalty suspected, 11:21, 11:26
- Taiwan, restrictions on, 11:21, 11:26
- Taiwan, settlers return to China, 11:17
- Taiwan, VOC officials warn about, 6:14
Chinese massacres
Chinese rebellions
Church Council
Coastal Evacuation Policy, 10:16
co–colonization
- as basis of VOC colony, C:16
- as general phenomenon, C:24
- begins on Taiwan, 6:3
- coercive aspects of, C:16, 6:12, 9:36
- development of, 6:11–6:20, 6:22, 6:31
- establishment of, 6:10–13, 6:15–20, 6:22, 6:31
- extension of, 7:36
- limits of Chinese influence, 6:11–12
- outside Taiwan, C:17–23
- rationale for, 6:10
colonization
- see also co–colonization
- see also empire
- see also China, colonialism
- see also European expansion
- see also European imperialism
- see also Japan, expansion
- Chinese, I:6, I:17, I:2, 1:26–27, 2:11–14, 6:3–18, 6:22, 6:31, C:11, C:17–23
- Chinese, laborers' wages, 8:8
- Chinese, on Taiwan, , 1:26–27, 2:11–14, 2:26, 6:3–18, 6:22, 8:4
- obstacles to, 6:5–7, 6:16, C:15
cultural brokers
cultural mediation
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Danshui
- gold trade, 4:7, 4:9
- Spanish fortress established in, 4:14
- sulfur trade, 4:7
deer industry, 7:4–6
deer, Sika
diplomacy race, 3:30–32
disease
Dominicans
- China, 4:17
- charitable work on Taiwan, 4:18
- defiance of Spanish secular authorities, 5:11
- establish seminary on Taiwan, 4:18
- historiographical traditions, 5:1, 5:22
- mission on Taiwan, 4:17–19, 4:21–30
drought, Taiwan, 6:30
Dutch East India Company
Dutch Republic
- empire, compared to Spanish empire, 6:2
- first voyages to East Indies, I:28
- relations with Spain, I:28, 4:2–6
- trade, I:29
Dutch Revolt, I:28
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Eighty Years War, I:28
empire
entrepreneurs, Chinese, 11:1–3
- and hoofdgeld collection, 9:41
- Chinese, role in Cabessa System, 8:10
- role in development of Taiwan, 6:13, 8:2
- try to end Zheng trade embargo, 10:36
European colonialism
- see also European expansion
- cooperation with indigenous groups, C:14
- explanations of, I:5, C:4–15
- Portugal, I:25
- Spain, I:27, I:30, 4:5, 4:7, 4:13, 5:1, 5:5, 6:2
European exceptionalism, I:36
European expansion, I:4, I:24
- and maritime violence, C:8–9
- explanations for, C:4, I:34, I:36
- in Asia, C:5–12
- in Asian perspective, I:31
- in Indian Ocean, C:6–9
- in Taiwan, C:10
- motivations for, C:5–13
- Portugal, I:25, I:27
- reactions to, C:8–12
- Spain, I:27, I:30, 4:5, 4:7, 4:13, 5:1, 5:5, 6:2
- theories of, I:32
- theories of, I:31–32
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famine, 6:27
Favorolang
- and Chinese trade, 7:13–14
- Chinese merchants allowed back to, 7:33, 7:35
- Chinese pirates in, 7:27
- Chinese sojourners in, 7:13–32
- discusses peace treaty with VOC, 7:24
- hunting, 7:13
- integrated into VOC colony, 7:33
- location of, 7:13
- peace with VOC falls apart, 7:20
- pirates in, 7:30–32
- signs treaty with VOC, 7:19, 7:25, 7:28
- VOC defeat of, 7:17
- VOC expeditions against, 7:15–16, 7:22–23, 7:28, 7:30
fishing, 1:23, 1:26, 2:14
Formosa
Formosan Austronesians
- see also Austronesians
- see also Favorolang
- see also Mattau
- accept Zheng rule, 11:35
- age rank system, 1:10–13
- and Zheng invasion, 11:18
- as vassals of VOC, 6:26, 9:9–10
- attitudes toward VOC rule, 9:32, 9:34–36
- Chinese trade, 8:22–27
- complaints about Village Leasehold System, 8:24–25
- culture and society, 1:6–16, 1:18, 1:25, 3:1–3, 4:8–11, 4:14, 4:24, 4:26–30, 7:17
- diplomacy, 1:12–13, 1:15–16, 3:1–3
- economy, 1:20–25, 3:4–7, 4:8–11, 7:13–14, 7:33, 7:35, 8:20–27
- encouraged to adopt intensive farming, 9:39
- first descriptions of, 1:7–12, 4:8
- gender separation, 1:7–13
- geopolitics, 1:12–18, 3:1–23, 4:8, 4:14, 5:13, 9:31
- headhunting, 1:7–18, 3:1–3, 4:8, 4:14, 4:24–30
- hunting techniques, 1:20–21
- intervillage warfare, 1:11–18, 3:1–8, 3:10–23, 4:8, 4:14, 4:26–30, 7:16, 9:31
- involvement in Rebellion of 1652, 8:33–35, 9:1
- living standards decline, 8:20, 8:23–24, 9:1–3, 9:6–7, 7:35
- men's exercises, 1:8–10
- men's houses, 1:8–10
- northern Taiwan, 4:8–11, 4:14, 4:24, 4:26–30
- northern Taiwan, absence of Chinese sojourners, 4:10
- northern Taiwan, compared to Siraya, 4:8–14
- northern Taiwan, lingua franca, 4:9–11
- political structures, 1:18
- population, 1:18–19
- population density, 1:18–19
- priestesses, 1:10, 9:35
- receive VOC subsidies, 7:35, 9:7
- relations with Chinese settlers, 7:1–3, 9:7
- states and protostates, 1:18
- threaten Chinese settlers, 6:16, 6:18, 6:19–21, 7:3, 7:18, 7:19
- trade contacts, 1:21–25, 3:4–7, 7:33, 7:35
- trade with Chinese, 7:4–11, 9:40
- treaties with VOC, 6:21
- tribute to VOC, 9:3–6, 9:30
- used to control Chinese, 9:40
- village elders, 9:15–16, 9:26–29
- village fortifications, 3:12
- village layout, 1:14
- village sizes, 3:3
Fujian
- and Zheng Family, 10:12
- trade, I:15
- trade to Batavia, C:21
- trade to Philippines, C:17
- trade to Taiwan, 1:22–27, 2:11–14, 3:4–7, 4:7, 6:4–5, 7:4–10
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gambling, I:2
- legalization of, 8:14
- links to piracy, 8:14
global history, I:4, I:36
globalization, I:37, I:40
Grotius
- theory of divided sovereignty, 9:9
Guomindang
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Hai Jin
head tax
headhunting, 1:7–16, 2:27, 3:1–3, 3:7, 4:8, 4:14
Hongwu Emperor (Ming), I:7, I:11
hoofdbrief
hoofdgeld, 2:15, 8:3
- abuses in collection of, 8:9–12
- and Austronesian agriculture, 9:39
- and Rebellion of 1652, C:11
- and revenue farming, 9:41
- and Zheng trade embargo, 10:33
- as revenue source, 8:4
- Batavia considers abrogation of, 8:12
- collection of, 8:7
- compared to other colonies, 8:4
- first collection of, 8:5
- importance of, 8:8
- inspections, 8:2
- number of people taxed, 8:6
- origins of, 8:4
- penalties for infringement of, 8:7
- waived for employees of Chinese entrepreneurs, 8:8
hospital
- as incentive to Chinese colonization, 6:22
hunting, 7:3–9
- see also deer industry
- see also Sika deer
- and Village Leasehold System, 8:20, 8:22–24
- Chinese, 7:10–12, 7:22
- Chinese, expansion of, 7:32
- commercialization of, 7:10–11
- license system, 7:10–11
- season, 7:12
- techniques, 1:20–21, 7:11
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informal empire
Isla Hermosa
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Jakarta
Japan
- attempts to invade Taiwan, I:23
- attempts to remove Dutch from Taiwan , 2:40
- banishment of Portuguese, 2:43
- early activities on Taiwan, 2:5
- expansion, I:23
- expedition to Taiwan, 2:27
- foreign trade, I:19, I:21–23, I:38, 1:27, 2:3–5, 2:27–43
- fortresses, I:33
- hostage situation, 2:37–40
- mercenaries, I:19
- military capacities, I:33
- muskets, I:33
- naval expedition against Philippines, 4:3
- naval technology, I:19
- overseas expansion, I:18, C:11–12
- red seal policy, I:20–22, 2:28–30
- relations with Philippines, 4:3
- relations with Spain, 4:3
- relations with VOC, 2:28–43
- relations with VOC, 2:29
- ronin, I:19
- rule over Taiwan, C:26
- Seclusion Policy, I:22, 2:43, 4:16
- silver production, I:38
- trade to Spanish Taiwan, 4:16
- trade to Taiwan, 2:4–5, 2:8, 2:12, 2:14, 2:27–43, 3:6–8, 7:5–7
- Warring States Period, I:18, I:20, I:24
Jilong
- as most important port in Taiwan, 4:7
- gold trade, 4:7, 4:9
- Spanish fortress in, 4:12
- sulfur trade, 4:7
judicial system
justice
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Kangxi Emperor (Qing), C:25
kerckenraedt
- protests against Village Leasehold System, 8:26
Korea
- Japanese Invasion of 1592, I:23
Koxinga
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laborers
landdag, 3:31–32
- see also ceremonial
- and pax Hollandica, 9:31–33
- as feudal ritual, 9:14–15
- as instrument of VOC rule, 9:19
- as interface between VOC and Austronesians, 9:37
- as key institution of VOC rule, 9:2
- as occasion for punishment, 9:22
- as symbol of feudal rule, 9:9
- canceled due to fears of Zheng invasion, 11:18
- compared to Spanish rituals in Northern Taiwan , 4:24
- description of, 9:14–18
- eastern, 9:13
- far–northern, 9:13
- Favorolang participates in, 7:33
- feast, 9:17
- function of, 9:24
- furthers intervillage peace, 9:31
- governor's address, 7:34
- investment of village elders, 9:15–16, 9:27–29
- northern versus southern, 9:13
- origins of, 9:11
- symbols of, 9:11, 9:15, 9:26–29
- symbols of, survival, 9:35
- symbols, under Zheng rule, 11:35
- under Zheng rule, 11:35
locusts
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Macao
- Dutch assault on, 1622, I:30
Manila
Maritime Prohibition (Ming), I:7, I:10–14, 6:6
Mattau
Melaka
- Portuguese conquest of, 1511, I:25
migration, Chinese, I:2, 6:4–18, 6:22, C:17–20, C:21–23
Military Revolution, I:32
military
- Dutch versus Chinese, 11:31–32, 11:37, 11:41
- force needed to protect colonists, 6:18–21, 7:3, 7:18–19
- siege techniques, 5:12–13, 5:15–19
- Zheng Chenggong, 10:12, 10:14–15, 11:24, 11:30–35
Ming Dynasty, I:6–7
- see also Maritime Prohibition
- see also Tribute System
- see also Open Seas Policy
- alliance with Dutch, 2:20
- anti–piracy campaigns, 2:20–21
- coastal defence, I:11
- fall of, 10:4
- fall of, effects on Taiwan, 7:36, 8:1
- foreign trade, I:9, I:13–17, 4:7, 6:6
- Hongwu Emperor, I:7, I:11
- Open Seas Policy (1567), I:13–14
- relations with Philippines, 4:4
- relations with Spain, 4:4–5, 4:15
- trade to Spanish Taiwan, 4:15
- trade to Taiwan, 4:7
- Yongle Emperor, I:8
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Pachten
pax Hispanica
pax Hollandica, 3:2, 3:30–32
Philippines
- see also Manila
- church–state relations, 5:11
- defense of, 5:5
- economy, 5:3–4
- expedition to Taiwan, 4:12
- relations with Ming China, 4:4
- Spanish, Chinese rebellions, C:18–20
- Spanish, compared to Taiwan, C:17–20
- trade, 4:3
piracy
- and gambling, 8:14
- and Zheng family, 10:6
- and pirates, I:2–3, I:12–13, I:18, I:26–17, 2:1–4, 2:10–26, 2:33, 2:36, 3:2, 3:4–5, 3:10, 6:7–9, 6:12, 7:4, 7:13, 7:31, 8:4, 8:18–19, 8:31, C:11
- as threat to VOC sovereignty, 7:31
- Dutch patronage of, 2:18
- in Favorolang, 7:27, 7:30–31
- threats to VOC sovereignty, 8:31
Portugal
Price Revolution, caused by Chinese silver trade, I:37
property rights
- as incentive to increase Chinese colonization, 6:24–26
- given to Chinese settlers, 6:23–26
- Taiwan compared to China, 6:24
- Taiwan, establishment of, 6:23–26
protection fees, 2:14
Protestant mission
- and VOC expansion, 3:24, 7:16
- and VOC rule, 9:31
- compared to Catholic mission, C:20
- protects Austronesians, 9:3
- role in deerskin industry, 7:8–12
- role in taxation system, 8:6
- role in VOC expansion, 3:25, 3:27, 3:31–32, 7:31
Protestantism
punishment
- landdag as occasion for, 9:22
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Qing Dynasty
- annexes Taiwan, C:25
- campaigns against Zheng Chenggong, 10:15
- captures Zheng Taiwan, C:25
- Coastal Evacuation Policy, 10:16
- Kangxi Emperor, C:25
- rule over Taiwan, C:26
- talks with Zheng Chenggong, 10:13
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Rebellion of 1652, 8:2, 9:38, 9:40, C:11
rebellions, Chinese
Republic of China, rule over Taiwan, C:27
residency permit
residency tax
revenue farming
revenue farming
revenue
- see also pachten
- see also taxation
- see also Village Franchise System
- see also taxation
- raised by volunteer contributions from Chinese settlers, 8:3
rice
- establishment of wet rice agriculture in Taiwan, 6:17, 6:29–30
- taxation of, 6:22
Ryukyu Islands
- Japanese invasion of, 1609, I:23
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Sakoku
- see Japan, Seclusion Policy
Seventeenth Century Crisis, 5:1, 5:4
Sika deer, 1:20–25, 7:3–11
silver
Sinkan
Sino–Dutch colony
Sino–Japanese contact, I:18, I:22, I:30
Siraya, 1:6–19, 3:1–3
- compared to Northern Formosan Austronesians, 4:8
- village sizes, 1:18–19
smuggling, I:11–13, I:18, 1:27, 3:4–5, 6:8, 6:12, 7:3, 7:8–13, 8:18–19
Southern Ming
sovereignty
Spain
- attitudes toward Taiwan, 5:1–2, 5:6
- cartography, 4:7
- colonialism, I:27, I:30, 4:5, 4:7, 4:13, 5:1, 5:5, 6:2
- colonization of Taiwan, I:30, 4:12–13
- colony on Taiwan, malnutrition, 4:13
- colony on Taiwan, trials of, 4:13
- embassy to China, 4:4
- empire, compared to Dutch empire, 6:2
- empire, defence of, 5:5
- empire, fiscal situation, 5:5
- expedition to Taiwan, 4:7
- first landings on Taiwan, 4:5
- global trade, 4:3
- interest in Taiwan, 4:1–6
- relations with Dutch republic, 4:2–6
- relations with Japan, I:19–21, 4:3
- relations with Japan, I:21
- relations with Ming China, 4:4–5, 4:15
- relations with VOC, 4:1–2
- silver trade, I:39
- withdraws from Taiwan, 5:1, 5:7–8
sugar
- Taiwan, 6:17, 6:19
- Taiwan, compared to mainland Chinese sugar, 6:17
- Taiwan, decline of, 11:16
- Taiwan, difficulties obtaining processing supplies, 6:28
- Taiwan, establishment of, 6:27–28
- Taiwan, investments required for, 6:25
- Taiwan, processing of, 6:27–28
- Taiwan, yields, 6:27–28
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Taiwan
- conceived as part of Spanish Philippines, 4:3
- compared to Batavia, C:21–23
- compared to Spanish Philippines, C:18–20
- Dutch, loss of, blame for, C:1
- Dutch, loss of, reasons for, C:2
- economy, 7:4–11, 7:32, 8:1–2, 8:20–21, 8:30
- economy, and Zheng Family, 10:19, 10:23–33, 11:7–8
- economy, and Zheng family trade embargo, 10:25
- economy, and Zheng invasion, 11:40
- economy, collapses under Zheng trade embargo, 10:34
- economy, declines in 1650s, 11:16
- economy, development of, 6:13, 6:13, 6:16–20, 6:22, 6:31
- economy, speculatory bubble, 8:28–29
- economy, suffers under Zheng trade embargo, 10:30–31, 10:33–34
- economy, tribute, 9:3–6, 9:30
- geography, 1:4
- mountains, 1:4
- Portuguese naming of, 1:5
- Spanish colony of, loses allegiance of Austronesians, 5:15
- Spanish colony, blame for loss of, 5:21–22
- Spanish colony, collapse of, 4:31, 5:7–8, 5:10
- Spanish colony, Dutch siege of, 5:12–13, 5:15–19
- Spanish colony, economy, 5:10
- Spanish colony, economy, 5:1
- Spanish colony, establishment of, 4:12–13
- Spanish colony, fall of, 5:19, 6:1
- Spanish colony, founding of, I:30
- Spanish colony, reasons for loss of, 5:23–24
- Spanish colony, territorial expansion, 4:29–30
- Spanish colony, territorial expansion, 4:30
- Spanish colony, weaknesses of, 4:1, 5:1–2, 5:6
- trade, decline in 1650s, 11:16
- under Japanese rule, C:26
- VOC colony, institutional structure, 6:32, 9:2
tax farming
taxation, 2:14, 8:1
- see also pachten
- see also tax farming
- and Chinese, 7:36
- and economic decline of 1650s, 11:16
- and revenue farming, 8:15
- and Zheng trade embargo, 10:25, 10:33–34
- auctions, cheating, 11:11
- first attempts, 8:3
- freedom from as incentive to increase Chinese colonization, 6:22, 8:4
- hunting license system, 7:10–11
- illegal tolls, 11:11–13
- increase in 1640s, 8:3
- increase of, 8:4, 8:14
- leased to Chinese entrepreneurs, 9:41
- of deer products, 7:8–12
- rice, 8:15–16
- rice, collection of, 8:16
- rice, farmers' attempts to avoid, 8:16
- rice, income from, 8:16
- thiende, 8:3
- tribute collected from Austronesians, 9:3–4, 9:30
- tribute collected from Austronesians, abrogation of, 9:6
- tribute collected from Austronesians, amounts of, 9:5–6
- tribute collected from Austronesians, symbolic importance of, 9:5, 9:30
- volunteer contributions by Chinese settlers, 8:3
thiende
trade
translation, 2:1–3, 2:13, 2:16, 11:2–3, 11:45
Tribute System, I:7, I:9, I:11, I:13, I:18, 11:2, 11:4
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United Provinces of the Netherlands
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Venison
Village Leasehold System, 8:2, 11:1
- abuses of, 8:25
- and economic decline of 1650s, 11:16
- and Zheng trade embargo, 10:25, 10:33
- auctions, 8:20–21, 8:28–29
- complaints about, 8:24–25
- economic underpinnings of, 8:22–24
- enforcement of, 8:19
- establishment of, 7:36
- leaseholders' debts, 8:29–30
- operation of, 8:20–21
- precursors to, 8:18
- profits from, 8:21
- VOC attempts to mitigate effects of, 8:25–28
VOC
- allies with Austronesians against Spanish, 5:13
- as colonial enterprise, I:29
- as feudal lord, 9:10, 9:19, 9:30
- as privateering enterprise, I:29
- attempts to counter Zheng Chenggong's attack, 11:31
- attempts to lure Chinese colonists to Taiwan, 6:22
- blockades Manila, 4:6
- changes policies toward Chinese sojourners, 7:29–30
- fortifications, 2:7
- fortifications, and Zheng conquest, 11:37
- fortifications, vulnerabilities, 11:43
- founding of, I:29
- Headquarters on Taiwan, 2:6–9
- headquarters, Batavia, I:30
- image of among Formosan Austronesians, 9:31
- institutional structure, 9:42
- military position on Taiwan, 2:10
- policies toward Chinese sojourners, 7:36
- legal powers of, I:29
- relations with China, 2:13
- relations with Chinese settlers, 7:34
- relations with Japan, 2:28–43
- relations with Spain, 4:1
- relations with Spain, 4:2
- relations with Zheng Chenggong, 10:17–24, 10:26–36, 11:1–4, 11:7–8, 11:10, 11:12, 11:24, 11:31
- siege of Spanish Taiwan, 5:12–13, 5:15–19
- subsidies to Formosan Austronesians, 7:35
- territorial expansion, 3:2, 2:8, 3:10, 3:24–28, 3:30–32, 5:12–13, 5:15–19, 7:15, 7:17, 7:33
- territorial expansion, protection of Chinese used as rationale for, 6:20–22, 7:3, 7:18–19, 7:25
- threat to Philippines, 4:5–6
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wages
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Yongle Emperor (Ming), I:8
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Zheng Chenggong
- see also Zheng family
- accepts VOC surrender, 11:44
- as examination candidate, 10:7
- as military leader, 10:11
- attacks Taiwan, 11:30–31
- besieges Zeelandia, 11:37
- birth of, 10:5
- campaign to capture Nanjing, 10:14
- death of, C:3
- designs on Taiwan, 11:14, 11:18, 11:20
- diplomacy, 11:24
- education, 10:7
- legends about, 10:5
- lifts embargo on Taiwan, 11:7–8
- military campaigns, 10:12, 10:14, 10:15
- military campaigns, Taiwan, 11:30–35
- military strategies, 11:24, 11:31
- military supplies and equipment, 11:32
- military, discipline, 11:31
- military, provisions, shortage of, 11:33
- political loyaties, 10:10
- receives imperial surname, 10:8
- relations with Spanish Philippines, 10:20
- relations with VOC, 10:17–34, 10:36, 11:1–4, 11:7–8, 11:10, 11:12, 11:24, 11:31
- diplomatic talks with Qing, 10:13
- threatens Spanish Philippines, C:3
- threatens VOC sovereignty, 10:20
Zheng family, 2:16–26
- see also Zheng Chenggong
- accepts VOC surrender, 11:44
- and cabessas, 10:21–24, 10:27, 10:36, 11:1–3
- and Rebellion of 1652, 10:17
- and Southern Ming, 10:8
- attacks Taiwan, 11:30–31
- claims to Taiwan, 11:10
- collects tolls on Taiwan, 11:13
- conquest of Taiwan:, C:24
- designs on Taiwan, 11:14, 11:18, 11:20
- enforces trade embargo on Taiwan, 10:30–32, 10:34
- first contacts with Taiwan, 6:9
- government, C:13
- government revenue, C:13
- impinges on VOC monopolies, 10:23–24, 10:4, 10:24, 11:7, C:13
- military, siege techniques, 11:43
- prepares to attack Taiwan, 11:15
- role in colonizing Taiwan, 2:26, 6:9
- rule over Taiwan, C:25
- supports Ming, 10:8
- threatens Spanish Philippines, C:3
- threatens VOC sovereignty, 11:7–8
- trade agreement with VOC, 2:21, 2:24–26
- trade embargo against Taiwan, 10:36
- trade networks, 10:11, 10:16, 10:23–24, 10:26–34, 11:7, C:13
- trade revenues, 10:16
- war with VOC, 2:23–26
Zheng He
- and Chinese expansion, I:6–8
Zheng Zhilong
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