The history of the island of Taiwan | |
| Title: | The history of the island of Taiwan |
| URL: | http://todotaiwan.com.es |
| Description: | Originally populated by people of Malayo-Polynesian origin, the island was sighted in the sixteenth century by the Portuguese who named it Formosa (Beautiful), about the same time was sighted by the Spanish who founded the Spanish governor of Taiwan, then was controlled between 1624 and 1662 by the Dutch, being driven by Zheng Chenggong (aka Koxinga), a military leader of the Ming dynasty, who organized the first wave of Chinese settlers. |