Maritime Taiwan: Historical Encounters with the East and the West: Historical Encounters with the East and the West by Shih-shan Henry Tsai

Maritime Taiwan: Historical Encounters with the East and the West: Historical Encounters with the East and the West

Shih-shan Henry Tsai

265 pages • first pub 2008 (view editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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For centuries the island of Taiwan, 100 miles off the Asian mainland, has been a crossroads for traders and settlers, pirates and military schemers from around the world. Unlike China, with its long tradition of keeping foreigners out, Taiwan has ...

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