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One of the earliest obtainable printed maps of Taiwan or Formosa Island. It was issued around 1726 to illustrate Joseph Stöcklein's [Stoecklein] compilation of Jesuit missionary letters "Allerhand So Lehr-als Geist-reiche Brief, Schrifften, und Reis-Beschreibungen".
The map shows the western part of Taiwan, the Pescadores (Penghu) Islands, and China's Fuzhou (Fujian) coast. Several ancient Taiwanese cities are noted, including Keelung, Tainan, and possibly Kaohsiung.
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Like most early maps of Taiwan, only the Chinese portion, west of the Central Mountain Range (Zhongyang Range or Chungyang Range), offers significant detail. Here, the tribal lands east of the Central Range are neglected and fade into the unknown. Another curiosity is the cartographer's decision to ghost in an extended Taiwan coastline leading north of Keelung. This gives evidence of just how little was known of Taiwan at the time.
Stöcklein's work is a compound of letters of the Jesuit missionaries from all over the world and here, particularly the ones stationed at the court of the Emperor Kamhi. This Emperor ordered the priests, known by their names as Pater (Father) Regis, Hinderer, and de Mailla, to survey his empire, including his territories on the island of Formosa.
The map also shows Danshui county (port here), where the Portuguese were located before the Dutch, near where Taipei city is now.
The Jesuits who made these maps were doing it for Emperor Kangxi, the greatest Qing emperor, 1661-1722. He became emperor as a child. Expanded Chinese territory to Taiwan, Tibet and Mongolia.
More about Taiwan or Ilha-Formosa maps. [+]
Reference: The Authentic Story of Taiwan, page 120, OAG, Japan a cartographic vision, plate 95.
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