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Interview: Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines
Indigenous peoples of Austronesian ancestry are the original inhabitants of Taiwan. Taiwanese indigenous peoples — formerly called Taiwanese aborigines, Formosan people, and Gaoshan (臺灣原住民族) — lived...
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Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples
Aborigine park display across the street from the Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines in Taipei, Taiwan. The stone carvings each represent one of the recognized aboriginal tribes of Taiwan, with an explanatory plaque...
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Polynesian Navigation & Settlement of the Pacific - Migration in Oceania
Polynesian navigation of the Pacific Ocean and its settlement began thousands of years ago. The inhabitants of the Pacific islands had been voyaging across vast expanses of ocean water...
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Paiwan's Shaman Boxes
Paiwan's shaman boxes.
Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines
Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines, Taiwan.
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Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines
Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines north of Taipei city. This museum shows the aborigines tribes of Taiwan.
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Dutch East India Company
The Dutch East India Company (VOC) was formed in 1602 by the Staten-Generaal (States General) of the then Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. The company was granted a 21-year charter with rights to trade exclusively...
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Manila Galleon
The Manila galleons were Spanish treasure ships which transported precious goods like silk, spices, and porcelain from Manila in the Philippines to Acapulco, Mexico, between 1565 and 1815. The Atlantic treasure fleets then shipped...
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Polynesian Migration Map
Map showing the migration of Polynesians who it is thought were originally from Taiwan. They settled in the Polynesian Triangle that encompasses New Zealand, Hawaii and Easter Island as its corners. The Polynesians left...
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Korean War - How the Cold War Became a Hot War
The Korean War was a Cold War conflict that took place between North and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. It pitted US-led United Nations (UN) forces against the communist bloc supported by the Soviet Union...