Portuguese discovery and naming of Formosa: Taiwan's first encounter with Europe (audiobook)
Paul Kua
Oct 2024 · Propius Press · AI-narrated by Madison (from Google)
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This audiobook covers Part 1 of the book entitled Europe meets Formosa, 1510-1662: Two Historical Studies by Paul Kua. It investigates Portuguese “discovery” and “naming” of Formosa in the years 1510 to 1624, in the context of conflicting claims and recent scholarly debates in Taiwan which challenged the conventional wisdom on this matter. Relying on Portuguese rutters (sailing instructions), maps and other first-hand documents, it aims at eliminating historically erroneous claims and moving the readers to an informed consensus on the topic. This audiobook is abbreviated and slightly modified. The book, including Part Two on efforts to educate native Formosans in the Dutch Formosa years, is available as an ebook from Google Books (pdf format) and Amazon.com (epub format) at a nominal price of US$1.99, and in print (hardcover and paperback) from Amazon.com.
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October 27, 2024
I love listening to this audiobook, even though it is abbreviated, and minus the footnotes and illustrations. Certainly beats reading it!
Tim Quah
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October 31, 2024
A good AI narrated audiobook, making learning more about this historical topic easy. Recommended.
Maar
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October 31, 2024
A good audiobook, and worth getting even though I already have the print version.
About the author
Paul Kua holds a Ph. D. in history and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He has published books, chapters and papers in English/Chinese on history of East-West encounters, mission history in Asia, Chinese numismatics, and history of education and Scouting. Recent works incl. Scouting in Hong Kong, 1910-2010, 2nd ed. (London: Propius, 2024), Europe meets Formosa, 1510-1662 (London: Propius, 2023), Two Centuries of Excellence (H.K.: Joint Publishing, 2022, 69-211), 香港童軍故事(香港:三聯, 2019), 皕載英華(香港:三聯, 2018, 88-232), and peer-reviewed articles in academic journals issued by Brill, OUP, Routledge and universities (see https://hku-hk.academia.edu/
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