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It is true that Taiwan was a good strategic place, and it is odd how no great power had any interest in it before the japanese and dutch in the 17th century, but maybe that is because in earlier times the pescadores had shorelines better for big ships than "Formosa."

Interesting, he states that Japan did not simply copy Europe and mostly stayed true to itself.

And all is done

oh so Botel Tabago is Lanyu island.... however, why are there stories of portuguese treasures if there were no portuguese on the island? He claims the portuguese may have only left the goats of the island behind, but not even that is true as those came from the Phillipines. And I suspected that the 1874 incident was connected to the shipwrecks from Okinawa. And was taiwan only second choice for Japan?

Were buddhists monks as powerful before nobunaga as he claims? And europeans envied the japanese for their far-sighted keen vision?

catching and taming wild buffaloes? These buffaloes must be feral because there were no bovines on the island before the dutch brought them over. And who were these diaramock? Google AI states: The term "Diaramock" was often associated with the Paiwan or Rukai peoples living around the southern Central Mountain Range. But he talked about the paiwan already and this cannibalism here sounds really extreme.

how did these geishas sound if the wagon with a bull is a preferable sound?

So back then the japanese were admired more when they use their traditional clothing?

So the husband goes to the family of the bride. That is unusual for the area.

so the Amis were bigger and stronger than the other natives? And the Ami have a subordinate role in regard to the other natives because they are not considered native? Interesting.

So he considered the paiwan people of tamaris to be cleaner than the chinese. Ironic. As for them picking parasites out of their hair... I really wonder, why didn't they use combs?

So the rulers in the area belong to another tribe than the rest of the people?

I wonder how often people got shipwrecked on the east coast and got killed by the natives.+

oh right, eating beef was new among the people back then, it was introduced by the japanese.

I did not expect him to praise the beauty of this paiwan tribe here, also, the topic of women being stronger and healthier than the men is no longer present. And apparently they considered dogs and chickens to be residences of human souls and so chickens are sold but not eaten? And the women are on the same level as the men?

A crown of flowers to protect your temples from the sun? really? Why not use hats then?

The rich chinese he talks about probably would not want all his children to be educated, probably just the boys, the prior school he mentioned also just had boys in it.

Was money really foreign to these poor chinese as he claimed or was that woman whom he gave some simply surprised and may not have believed it was real?

I think he also is quite a fan of pastoral areas. He really seems to love this farm, he even praises the chickens for their plummage.

He actually seems to love these chinese boats, the way he describes them.

They imported cheap german beer? I did not expect that.

there are two temples at Fort Provintia, so which one is he referring to?

Who is this sea goddess sieutsai? I find nothing about her.

I was wondering whether Fort Zeelandia was actually relocated but no, some of its stones were simply used for another fortification. And what is seen today was a complete reconstruction by the japanese in the 1920s and 30s and the white tower is actually from 1975. I think this story should be told, just like how the area around the fort was once mostly water.

from what I know Koxinga died of malaria at age 37, not some crazy spell at age 39. granted, there is the theory that fit of anger worsened the fever.

I wondered whether Favorlan was another word for Siraya because of him stating that the Bible was translated into Favorlang, but apparently, they are two distinct languages.

Hm , I had forgotten, that the japanese tried to colonize Taiwan about 20 years prior to the dutch.

So Polisha is Puli. Wow, sounds pretty dangerous with so many of the killed chinese in that area.

were these savages payed to carry the woman and the pig? Sure the pig might be the property of the one guy, but what about the woman? Was that his wife or was he paid by her?

were these swimming gardens by the savages actually swimming or smale islands on the river?