Citations:Formosa

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English citations of Formosa

Island[edit]

  • 1625, Samuel Purchas, Pvrchas His Pilgrimes‎[1], volume I, London, →OCLC, page 652:
    Heere we had the higheſt Land of Formoſa, South-eaſt, the neereſt land about eight leagues off, the neather point of it Eaſt by North ten leagues off our depth, fortie ſixe fathomes ozie : the latitude twentie fiue degree twentie minutes. From the high Land of Formoſa, ſtretcheth out a lower Land to the water-ſide, being a white ſandy ſhoare, and ſmooth ſand Hils farther vp the Countrey, much like to the Coaſt of Barbary.
  • 1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China‎[2], London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 16:
    The Iſland Formoſa, or the fair Iſland doth alſo belong to this Province ; as likewiſe the near adjacent Iſland called Teiwan, which the Hollanders poſſeſs, who have built a Fort there called new Zealand.
  • 1684, A New and Particular Relation of the Kingdom of Tunquin‎[3], page 57:
    THE Iſland of Formoſa is about Eighty Leagues in compaſs ; ſo that the Hollanders were never in poſſeſſion of the whole Iſland, but were onely Maſters of four Fortreſſes, and two and fifty Villages, wherein they could number about fourteen or fifteen thouſand Inhabitants.
  • 1738, J. B. Du Halde, “PROVINCE IV. FO-KYEN.”, in A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet‎[4], volume I, London, →OCLC, page 88:
    If the Chineſe had Liberty to ſettle in Formoſa, ſeveral Families would gladly tranſplant themſelves thither ; but in order thereto they muſt obtain Paſsports from the Mandarins of China, who grant them with Difficulty, and not without taking Security.
    The Mandarins are very careful to examine all that paſs into or out of the Iſland, and ſome of them extort Money under-hand. This extraordinary Precaution is the Effect of good Policy eſpecially as the Tartars are Maſters of China ; for Formoſa is a Place of great Importance, and if a Chineſe ſhould ſeize it, he might raiſe great Troubles in the Empire : ſo that the Emperor keeps a Garriſon there of ten thouſand Men, commanded by a Tſong-ping, or Lieutenant-General, two Fû-tſyang, or Major-General, and ſeveral inferior Officers; who are chang’d duely every three years, or oftner, if there be Occaſion.
  • 1896, J. D. Clark, “Preface”, in Formosa‎[5], Shanghai: Shanghai Mercury, →OCLC, page i:
    THERE has always attached more or less an idea of romance to the remarkable island of Formosa, and around it have centred many of the most picturesque episodes in the record of European intercourse with the Far East.
  • 1950 September 1, Harry S. Truman, 3:42 from the start, in MP72-73 Korea and World Peace: President Truman Reports to the People‎[6], Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:
    We do not want Formosa or any part of Asia for ourselves. We believe that the future of Formosa should be settled peacefully by international action.
  • 1960, 56:02 from the start, in Presidential Candidates Debate‎[7], Richard Nixon (actor), via C-SPAN:
    These two islands are in the area of freedom. The Nationalists have these two islands. We should not force our Nationalist allies to get off of them and give them to the Communists. If we do that, we start a chain reaction, because the Communists aren't after Quemoy and Matsu, they're after Formosa.
  • 1963, Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956‎[8], Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 168:
    The developing scene had ominous aspects. The Chinese Communists were constantly threatening aggressive action against Formosa and the government of Chiang Kai-shek. Ever since World War II, the United States had recognized the strategic necessity of maintaining the integrity of the Western Pacific island chain, including Formosa as one of its principal links. Our readiness to go to the defense of that island, if it were attacked, had been announced as a governmental policy before I was inaugurated, and I had personally emphasized the importance of this island's safety to our nation's security.
  • 1964, Sherman E. Lee, “The Rise of the Arts of Painting and Ceramics in China”, in A History of Far Eastern Art‎[9], New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 269, column 1:
    The greatest artist here — and no name has ever surpassed his — was Han Kan. Perhaps the finest painting attributed to him is one only recently published in the Palace Collection, now on Formosa (fig. 341).
  • 1984, Anton Bilek, “Anton Bilek”, in Studs Terkel, editor, "The Good War": An Oral History of World War Two‎[10], New York: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 84:
    When our airplanes first took off that morning, the Japs did come in. They hit the city of Baguio in the northern part of Luzon, and then went back to Formosa.

Province[edit]

Province of the Qing (Ching)[edit]

  • 1887 April 6, “A Camphor Monopoly.”, in Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter‎[11], volume XXXI, number 14, →OCLC, page 56, column 1:
    A new broom is not more active for reform than this new governor-general is in the new province of Formosa.
  • 1895, Verbal Discussions During Peace Negotiations Between the Chinese Plenipotentiary, Viceroy Li Hung-chang and the Japanese Plenipotentiaries Count Ito and Viscount Mutsu, at Shimonoseki, Japan‎[12], →OCLC, page 22, column 1:
    H. E. Li.—We can say in the Treaty "In respect to the province of Formosa, when the Treaty has been ratified and exchanged the two Governments shall draw up the conditions for the transfer."
  • 1915, William Campbell, Sketches from Formosa‎[13], Marshall Brothers Limited, →OCLC, →OL, page 261:
    UNTIL 1895, Formosa formed the nineteenth and only insular province of China, but after coming briefly under a Republican form of government, it became an integral part of the Empire of Japan.

Province of the Republic of China[edit]

  • 1961 January 28, The Economist‎[14], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 330, column 2; republished as Current, 1961 March, pages 22-23:
    Economically, the island is already far better off (with massive American aid) than it would be if it were incorporated into Communist China, and it would be better off still (and less of a burden to the American taxpayer) if its people were not required to support two governments and two civil services—one for the Chinese mainland, and the other for the province of Formosa—and an army of more than half a million, whose raison d’étre continues to be the reconquest of the mainland.
  • 1963, Sheppard Glass, “Some Aspects of Formosa's Economic Growth”, in Mark Mancall, editor, Formosa Today‎[15], Frederick A. Praeger, published 1964, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 80:
    Government population policy has for the most part been notable for its absence, and few leading Nationalists have publicly admitted the problem. Indeed, in 1959, in an interview with a western correspondent, Chou Chih-jou, then Governor of Formosa (province), complained that population growth was “ his most serious problem ” but his administration was hamstrung by the stand taken against artificial birth control by the central government in Taipei and the ruling Nationalist party.
  • 1994, C.M. (Bud) Fraser, “Preface”, in China Revisited‎[16], New York: Carlton Press, Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page v-vi:
    General Chiang Kai-Shek was also very prominent in the start of the uprising, but later defected and was forced out of the country to the Province of Formosa, now called Taiwan.

Claimed Province of the People's Republic of China[edit]

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