Mango grove above Tainan, Taiwan - said to have been planted by the Dutch

Mango grove above Tainan, Taiwan - said to have been planted by the Dutch

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Mx01-066. Cadbury Research Library archive finding number: DA26/2/2/4 (John Preston Maxwell Papers). Taiwanfoo (Taiwan-fu, Taiwan Fu, Tai-Wan-Fu) is now Tainan. The Dutch East India Company established Fort Zeelandia (Anping, Tainan) as a trading base in the early 17th century.

Caption in album or on mount

Mangoe Grove above Taiwanfoo said to have been planted by the Dutch.

Caption on photograph

Formosa / Mangoe Grove above Taiwanfoo supposed to have been planted by the Dutch 250 years ago

Location

Tainan

Estimated Date

1870-1900

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Cadbury Research Library (Special Collections), University of Birmingham