[EN SUB]1500s Spain Met Taiwan Aboriginals | Kuroshio Taiwan Art Museum |Aven Chen |16世紀西班牙初遇台灣原住民

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By the mid-16th century, Spain had colonized the Philippines. At that time, the shortest route from the Philippines to Japan was through the waters east of Taiwan and directly to Japan. Therefore, the Spanish fleet must have encountered Taiwanese aborigines.
This oil painting reproduces the scene of the Spanish fleet and the Tawu people of Orchid Island looking at each other from a distance. Aboriginal warriors in thongs wear cylindrical helmets on their heads. Among them, the leader is holding a telescope and looking into the distance. The telescope is a trophy obtained by the aborigines in the battle. Far away on the horizon is Formosa, Taiwan’s original name before the last century.
*See also: Why did Europeans discover Taiwan earlier than the Chinese
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16世紀時，菲律賓已是西班牙的殖民地，而從菲律賓到日本的最短路徑便是經過台灣列島東邊海域直達日本，因此，西班牙艦隊必定遭遇過台灣原住民，此油畫重現西班牙艦隊與蘭嶼達悟族遠距離互視的情景，穿著丁字褲的原住民戰士頭戴圓柱形的頭盔，其中拿著望遠鏡觀察的是領袖，而望遠鏡是原住民在戰役中得到的戰利品（trophy obtained in a battle），海平線遠處便是福爾摩莎島，而福爾摩莎便是台灣在上世紀之前的原名。
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