Lost colony : the untold story of China's first great victory over the West /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Andrade, Tonio
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Zheng, Chenggong, > 1624-1662.
Zheng, Chenggong, > 1624-1662
Zheng, Chenggong > 1624-1662
Fremder Feind
1600-1699
History, Modern > 17th century.
Histoire > 17e siècle.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
History, Modern.
Niederländer
Taiwan > History > Dutch rule, 1624-1661.
Taiwan > Histoire > 1624-1661 (Occupation hollandaise)
Taiwan.
Taiwan
Niederländer.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An execution
  • Destinies entwined
  • Pirate war
  • War is the art of deception
  • The wrath of heaven
  • The samurai
  • The general
  • The sea king
  • Heaven has not tired of chaos on earth
  • An extreme and terrifying storm
  • A foggy morning
  • Koxinga's victories
  • Parleys and capitulations
  • The castle
  • An assault
  • A summer of misery
  • Relief from the sea
  • The fleet
  • A foolish attack
  • The defectors
  • Koxinga closes in
  • The accidental embassy
  • Acrimony
  • The last battle
  • Surrender
  • A mad death.

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