Appendix D

Taiwan in Antique Maps

(also see Media Index)

This appendix is a virtual museum exhibit. The reader is invited to explore the history of Taiwan through these European maps, which are among the most important visual sources for the study of seventeenth-century Taiwan.

Map of Dutch Fortress on Penghu, c. 1623 Map of The Island of Formosa, 1636 Bird's-Eye View of Fort Zeelandia and Warehouses, 1635
Bird's-Eye View of Zeelandia, c. 1652 Map of the Western Coast of Taiwan, Tayouan and Points South, c. 1636 Map of the Western Coast of Taiwan, Tayouan and Points North, c. 1636
Map of Roads and Cultivated Fields in the Saccam Area, 1644 Map of Luzon, Isla Hermosa (Taiwan), and a Part of the Coast of China, 1597 Map of the Spanish Port in Jilong, Taiwan, 1626
Map of Danshui and Surrounding Areas, Including the Island of Jilong, 1654 Navigation Charts of Jilong and the Bay of Tayouan Map of Formosa, c. 1652
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