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Description:1640s Formosa lies in the hands of the Dutch East India Company. Across the Taiwan Strait, China is collapsing. Ming loyalists in the south fight on against the new Qing dynasty, preeminent among them the warlord Koxinga. In the faraway Netherlands, Maria, the second daughter of Reverend Antonius Hambroeck, learns that her family are bound for the “Beautiful Island.” They will begin a new life in Mattau (麻豆), a village of the Indigenous Siraya People. Maria befriends Uma, a young Siraya woman who is among the first indigenous generation to receive a Dutch education and be baptized. Amid cooperation and conflict, a fledgling nation is emerging from the “three tribes of Dutch Formosa” – the Dutch, Indigenous People, and Chinese farmers from Fujian. But a new Chinese group is Koxinga, his army, and General Chen Ze – all determined to oust the Dutch. Against this dramatic backdrop, the intertwined personal stories of Maria, Uma, and Chen Ze unfold.Yao-Chang Chen’s A Tale of Three Tribes in Dutch Formosa not only takes us back to the roots of Taiwan’s history, but for the first time tells the story from multiple perspectives, that of the Siraya, the Dutch, and the Chinese.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Tale of Three Tribes in Dutch Formosa. To get started finding A Tale of Three Tribes in Dutch Formosa, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 1640s Formosa lies in the hands of the Dutch East India Company. Across the Taiwan Strait, China is collapsing. Ming loyalists in the south fight on against the new Qing dynasty, preeminent among them the warlord Koxinga. In the faraway Netherlands, Maria, the second daughter of Reverend Antonius Hambroeck, learns that her family are bound for the “Beautiful Island.” They will begin a new life in Mattau (麻豆), a village of the Indigenous Siraya People. Maria befriends Uma, a young Siraya woman who is among the first indigenous generation to receive a Dutch education and be baptized. Amid cooperation and conflict, a fledgling nation is emerging from the “three tribes of Dutch Formosa” – the Dutch, Indigenous People, and Chinese farmers from Fujian. But a new Chinese group is Koxinga, his army, and General Chen Ze – all determined to oust the Dutch. Against this dramatic backdrop, the intertwined personal stories of Maria, Uma, and Chen Ze unfold.Yao-Chang Chen’s A Tale of Three Tribes in Dutch Formosa not only takes us back to the roots of Taiwan’s history, but for the first time tells the story from multiple perspectives, that of the Siraya, the Dutch, and the Chinese.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Tale of Three Tribes in Dutch Formosa. To get started finding A Tale of Three Tribes in Dutch Formosa, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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