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400 Years: Dutch Formosa - part two
Roughly 80% of Dutch (or other European) men settling in Taiwan as part of the Dutch East India Company's (VOC) presence on Taiwan married Indigenous Taiwanese women! Learn more about Dutch-era Taiwan through the eyes of women as a remarkable woman, National Taiwan Normal University Professor Ann Heylen, gives us a glimpse into the severely Calvinist, yet practical, VOC - the world's first multinational corporation.
Cover: The ruins of Fort Zeelandia in the background (via Wikimedia Commons). Left: A clipping from "Portrait of a Woman," which portrays a Dutch woman in 1665 (common domain). It's a bit unlikely that Dutch women in Taiwan wore such fancy gowns, however. Right: A clip from a poster for an upcoming show, details below (via ICRT).
National Taiwan Normal University Professor Ann Heylen
400 Years: Dutch Formosa - part two
Roughly 80% of Dutch (or other European) men settling in Taiwan as part of the Dutch East India Company's (VOC) presence on Taiwan married Indigenous Taiwanese women!
Learn more about Dutch-era Taiwan through the eyes of women as a remarkable woman, National Taiwan Normal University Professor Ann Heylen, gives us a glimpse into the severely Calvinist, yet practical, VOC - the world's first multinational corporation.
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