L'Ile Formose - Histoire et Description

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1 volume in-4, 306 pp., 17 pp. (Appendice), brown hardcover with illustrations and folding maps, very good condition. This work opens with an extensive annotated bibliography by H. Cordier of works related to Formosa in Chinese, Japanese, and European languages. The historical portion of this work is based primarily on official Chinese accounts of Formosa and European scholarship. The history begins with Chinese raids on Formosa in 605 A.D. The Dutch occupation, rise and reign of Coxing and his descendants, Ch ing conquest, and Japanese occupation are discussed in turn. The descriptive portion is devoted to geography, political organisation, agriculture. industry and commerce, the people, and travel in Formosa Maps and illustrations abound.

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L'Ile Formose - Histoire et Description

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Paris, Ernest Leroux Editeur (1893), reprinted by Ch'eng-wen Publishing Co, Taipei, 1968.

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