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Spanish Formosa was a small colony of the Spanish Empire established in the northern tip of the island known to Europeans at the time as Formosa or to Spaniards as "Isla Hermosa" (now Taiwan) from 1626 to 1642. It was ceded to the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years' War.
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to reach the island off the southern coast of China in 1544, and named it Formosa (Portuguese for "beautiful") due to the beautiful landscape as seen from the sea.[1] The Spanish had translated the name into Spanish as "Hermosa" and is what was historically used in Spanish maps and documents about the colony.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Formosa
See also: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Taiwan/@25.04101630508709, 121.50523508443523,10.27z
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