Download or read book History of Taiwan written by Captivating History and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-12 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Taiwan is astonishing. Politically, Taiwan- was a warlord culture. The Portuguese, when passing by the island in the mid-1540s, called the island "Ilha Formosa," which means "Beautiful Island." Then the Dutch came in the 1620s, searching for a base of operations for the Dutch East India Company.