Fokien Imperii Sinarum Provincia undecima.
The province of Fokien lies opposite Taiwan and south of the region described in the above map. The coast is shown from Wen-zhou in the north to Fu-zhou and as far south ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660
The citie and Castle Zelandia in the Island of Taywan. / Stadt en casteel Zelandia op 't Eilant Taywan.
This important copperplate engraving is one of the earliest European views of Taiwan, depicting the Dutch fortifications and trading settlements on the island's West coas...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1675
La Ville et le Château de Zélandia dans l' île de Tayovan.
This important copperplate engraving is one of the earliest European views of Taiwan, depicting the Dutch fortifications and trading settlement on the West coast of the i...
- $1800 / ≈ €1539
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1675
Reiß in das Gelobte Land ... Mit nach dreyen andern Reißbeschreibungen vermehret, und schönen Kupfern gezieret.
Very rare first illustrated edition of collected travel accounts by citizens of Zürich, containing : Hans Jacob Amman, "Narrative of a trip to Palestine". The ...
Place & Date: Zürich, M. Schauffelberger Erbin, 1678
Kaart van het Eyland Formosa en de Eylanden van Piscadores.
The earliest printed map of Taiwan or Formosa. Oriented to the east, with north at the left, covering the entire island and the nearby Pescadores, now known as the Penghu...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1724
Die Insel Formosa neu abgemessen auf Befehl Kaysers Kamhi.
One of the earliest obtainable printed maps of Taiwan or Formosa Island. It was issued around 1726 to illustrate Joseph Stöcklein's [Stoecklein] compellation of Jesuit m...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1726
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Province de Fo-Kien. [Includes West Coast of Taiwan]
An important map of Fujian Province shows the East Coast of China and the West Coast of Taiwan. It shows that for the Manchu Qing, only the western half of Formosa was co...
Place & Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1737
L'Isle Formose et parties des Costes de la Chine. . .
This well-known map of Taiwan was prepared by Jacques Nicolas Bellin and was based on Jesuit information. The text along the island's east coast claims: Of this coast, ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1763
Carte des Iles de Ponghou suivant le point sur lequel ont été faites les cartes de la Chine et de la Tartarie par l'ordre et aux frais de l'empereur. . .
Plan of the West coast of Taiwan and it direct environs. From "Lettres Édifiantes et Curieuses. . Missionaires de la Compagnie de Jesus [Jesuit Letters]". Engr...
- $175 / ≈ €150
Place & Date: Paris, 1780-1783
Mapa De la parte de la Isla Formosa sa perteneciente al Emperadotde la China sacado por Ord. De S.M.
Extremely rare map of the west coast of Taiwan, the Punghu or Pescadore Islands, and the Fokien or Fujian coast of China. Several ancient Taiwanese cities are noted, incl...
Place & Date: Manilla, Seminario Conciliar, y Real de San Carlos, 1788-1792
A rare and impressive pictorial Qing Empire map of the western part of Taiwan.
The top of the map faces east, the bottom faces west, and the left and right are north-south. It is about 120 cm high and 225 cm long. The map shows only to the west of t...
- $180000 / ≈ €153895
Place & Date: ca. 1850
The island of Formosa.
A small, but historically important map of Taiwan (the first American lithograph of Taiwan) made by the American Commodore Matthew C. Perry and published by Ackerman. The...
Place & Date: New York, 1856
Map of Formosa. My hunting place.
An unusual hand drawn map of Formosa with an inset plan ‘My hunting place’. The map has the major cities marked in red ink and was made during Japanese occupation. Th...
Place & Date: Chiayi, Formosa, ca. 1940
Formosa.
A large poster size map of the island of Formosa (Taiwan) off the Chinese mainland, prepared as a News Maps special edition during WWII. There is a red diagonal measureme...
- $750 / ≈ €641
Place & Date: New York, 1943
Illustrated map of Taiwan for tourist.
illustrated map of Taiwan for tourist. Pictorial map of Formosa published by Mei Kuang Art Company. Printed in English and Chinese. Features remarkable sites, various agr...
Place & Date: Mei Kuang Art Company, 1954
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[Chinese propaganda poster]. We Shall Liberate Taiwan !
Chinese propaganda poster : "We Shall Liberate Taiwan!", by the Hongyingbi (Red Eagle Brush) unit of the Air Force Unit of Nanjing Military Region.The Chinese d...
Place & Date: China, 1971