Tonio Andrade Lost colony

The untold story of China's first great victory over the West

"During the seventeenth century, Holland created the world's most dynamic colonial empire, outcompeting the British and capturing Spanish and Portuguese colonies. Yet, in the Sino-Dutch War -- Europe's first war with China -- the Dutch met their match in a colorful Chinese warlord named Koxinga. Part samurai, part pirate, he led his generals to victory over the Dutch and captured one of their largest and richest colonies -- Taiwan. How did he do it? Examining the strengths and weaknesses of European...

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Engels | 431 pagina's | Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J. [etc.] | 2011

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