Author: Blussé, J.L., M.W. van Opstall & Ts'ao Yung-Ho (eds.)
Title: De dagregisters van het kasteel Zeelandia, Taiwan 1629-1662. Deel 1: 1629-1641.
Description: Met medewerking van Chiang Shu-Seng, W. Milde & N.C. Everts. Den Haag : Martinus Nijhoff & Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis, 1986. Orig. cloth bindings. xxii,548 pp. Maps. (Rijks Geschiedkundige Publicatiën. Grote serie 195). Stempel. Condition : goed. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - Daily accounts of Fort Zeelandia was a fortress built over ten years from 1624 to 1634 by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), in the town of Anping (Tainan) on the island of Formosa (Taiwan), during their 38-year rule over the western part of that island. During the seventeenth century, when Europeans from many countries sailed to Asia to develop trade, Formosa became one of East Asia's most important transit sites, and Fort Zeelandia an international business center. As trade at the time depended on military force to control the markets, the value of Formosa to the Dutch was mainly in its strategic position. On behalf of the VOC, ships departing from Formosa could head north to Japan, west to Fujian, or south to Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Iran or Europe. On 30 April 1661, Ming dynasty-loyalist Koxinga laid siege to the fortress (defended by 2,000 Dutch soldiers) with 400 warships and 25,000 men. After nine months and the loss of 1,600 Dutch lives, the Dutch surrendered on 1 February 1662, when it became clear that no reinforcements were forthcoming from Batavia (present day Jakarta, Java, Indonesia) and when the defenders ran short of fresh water. ISBN 9789068900590.

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