Santissima Trinidad (Taiwan) on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Santísima Trinidad (meaning "Holy Trinity") was a bay on the northeast coast of Square Fortresses in Taiwan
/ref> In 1661,
Santísima Trinidad (meaning "Holy Trinity") was a bay on the northeast coast of Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
at Keelung
Keelung () or Jilong () (; Hokkien POJ: '), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. The city is a part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with its neighbors, New Taipe ...
, where in 1626 the Spanish established a settlement and built . They occupied the site until 1642 when they were driven out by the Dutch. The Dutch re-shaped the Spanish fort, reduced its size and renamed it ./ref> In 1661,
Koxinga
Zheng Chenggong, Prince of Yanping (; 27 August 1624 – 23 June 1662), better known internationally as Koxinga (), was a Ming loyalist general who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century, fighting them on China's southeastern ...
, a Ming China
The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han peop ...
loyalist, with 400 warships and 25,000 men laid siege to the main Dutch fortress ( Zeelandia in Anping). Defended by 2,000 Dutch soldiers, the Dutch left their fort in Keelung, when it became clear that no reinforcements were forthcoming from Zeelandia or Batavia
Batavia may refer to:
Historical places
* Batavia (region), a land inhabited by the Batavian people during the Roman Empire, today part of the Netherlands
* Batavia, Dutch East Indies, present-day Jakarta, the former capital of the Dutch East In ...
(present day Jakarta
Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...
, Indonesia).
In 1663, the Dutch returned to Keelung, retook the fort, strengthened and enlarged it and kept it until 1668, when they voluntarily gave it up, as the trade in Keelung was not what they expected it to be.
See also
*Port of Keelung
The Port of Keelung (), also known as Keelung Harbor, is located in the vicinity of Keelung City, Taiwan. It is operated by Taiwan International Ports Corporation, Taiwan's state-owned port management company.
History
The 1858 Treaty of Tientsin ...
* Fort Provintia
Fort Provintia or Providentia, also known as Chihkan Tower (), was a Dutch outpost on Formosa at a site now located in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan. It was built in 1653 during the Dutch colonization of Taiwan. The Dutch, intending to ...
* Cape of San Diego
Cape Santiago is a cape on the easternmost point of the island of Taiwan, located in the Gongliao District, New Taipei City.
History
On 5 May 1626, a Spanish fleet reached the northeast tip of Taiwan and named the native village of Caquiunauan ...
* Eternal Golden Castle
The Eternal Golden Castle (), alternatively but less well known as Erkunshen Battery (), is a defensive castle in Anping District, Tainan, Taiwan.
History
The castle was built in 1874 and completed on 1876 by the famous Qing official Shen Bao ...
* History of Taiwan
The history of the island of Taiwan dates back tens of thousands of years to the earliest known evidence of human habitation. The sudden appearance of a culture based on agriculture around 3000 BC is believed to reflect the arrival of the ances ...
* Taiwan under Dutch rule
* Spanish Formosa
References
Bibliography
* * Dutch Formosa Spanish Formosa Historic sites in Taiwan Military history of Taiwan 1620s in Taiwan 1626 establishments in the Spanish East Indies 17th century in Taiwan Spanish East Indies {{Taiwan-geo-stub