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Tier, Geert van der (2023)

Lest it be conquered by the wind: The construction of fort Zeelandia and other VOC structures on modern day Taiwan (1620 – 1650)

Bachelor thesis | Geschiedenis (BA)
During the 1620s the VOC established a presence on the island of Taiwan, then called Formosa. Research on this colony has mostly focussed on the later decades and its dramatic loss at the hand of a Chinese warlord in 1662. This thesis examines those early years through the construction of Fort Zeelandia, the colony’s administrative capital. This was a slow process, in places equally as dramatic as the colony’s downfall, which shows us that the advantages that allegedly fuelled European expansion could often be ill-suited to the colonial environment.
Artillery fort
Construction history
Fort Zeelandia
Formosa
Taiwan
VOC
Author
Tier, Geert van der
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Supervisors
Mostert, T.
ECTS Credits
15
Language
en