archipelago, was known in the West until after World War II as Formosa, from the Portuguese Ilha Formosa ([ˌiʎɐ fuɾˈmɔzɐ]), "beautiful island". It is 394 km (245 mi)...

Ilha Formosa: Requiem for Formosa's Martyrs (also Ilha Formosa Requiem or Formosa Requiem) (2001) is a composition by Taiwanese composer Tyzen Hsiao for...

1869. The name Formosa dates from 1542 when Portuguese sailors sighted an uncharted island and noted it on their maps as Ilha Formosa ("beautiful island")...

"beautiful". Formosa, as the island of Taiwan was formerly known in the West, has the same linguistic origin - from the Portuguese Ilha Formosa ([ˌiʎɐ fuɾˈmɔzɐ])...

Formosa (福爾摩沙) dates from 1542, when Portuguese sailors noted it on their maps as Ilha Formosa (Portuguese for "beautiful island"). The name Formosa eventually...

p. 70. Tu, C 2003, 'The Deutch Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie' in Ilha Formosa: the emergence of Taiwan on the world scene in the 17th Century, Hwang...

many Chinese words. The name Formosa (福爾摩沙) dates from 1542, when Portuguese sailors noted it on their maps as Ilha Formosa (Portuguese for "beautiful island")...

Requiem (2002) Patrick Hawes: "Lazarus Requiem" Tyzen Hsiao: "Ilha Formosa: Requiem for Formosa's Martyrs" Anlun Huang: "Requiem" (2004) Karl Jenkins: "Requiem"...

from the place name 'Formosa', which is an abbreviation of the original Portuguese name for the island of Taiwan: Ilha Formosa "beautiful island". Portuguese...

Tavira Island (Portuguese: Ilha de Tavira) lies south of the town of Tavira, Portugal, just a few hundred metres off the coast. It is 11 kilometres long...

Mountain) (1999) Ilha Formosa: Requiem for Formosa's Martyrs (2001) Hsiao's art songs have become standard repertory in Taiwan. "Taiwan the Formosa" or "Taiwan...

discovers the unsettling truth about the island, once described as "Ilha Formosa" ("beautiful island") by Portuguese sailors, leading to dangerous and...

ISBN 9781134692972. 陳慶立，2014，廖文毅的理想國。台北：玉山社。 A new flag for a new Taiwan, New Taiwan, Ilha Formosa, September 2, 1996. Accessed January 9, 2006. "專訪劉瑞義牧師". www.laijohn...

Islands Salsette Island Ilhas de Goa or Tiswadi Seven Islands of Bombay (South Bombay) Diu Island Vypeen Island Ilha Formosa (Taiwan) Anjediva Island...

Portuguese sailors arrived in Taiwan and noted it on their maps as Ilha Formosa (lit. 'beautiful island'). In 1582, the survivors of a Portuguese shipwreck...

Accessed 17 November 2020. Ilha da Culatra. https://wetravelportugal.com/ Accessed 17 November 2020. Parque Natural Ria Formosa https://natural.pt/ Accessed...

presbytery of the Santhome Church before he left for his mission in Ilha Formosa (Taiwan). When he lived in the church, he regularly prayed in front of...

mid-sixteenth century by Portuguese explorers, who called the island "Ilha Formosa," which means "Beautiful Island, and the neighboring islands "Pescadores...

Förste svensken i Japan. Han som miste Formosa. Stockholm: Saxon & Lindstöms förlag, p. 69, 74. "Ilha Formosa: the Emergence of Taiwan on the World Scene...

island was known to Westerners for many centuries as Formosa—short for the Portuguese Ilha Formosa, or "beautiful island"—tea grown in Taiwan is often...

rat. Portuguese explorers encounter the island of Taiwan, and call it Ilha Formosa ("Beautiful Island"). January 19 – King Francis II of France (d. 1560)...

(in Chinese). No. 12. April 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2019. "Voyages to Ilha Formosa". Taipei Review. 1 January 2003. Retrieved 8 March 2019. "Taiwanese have...

Chinese 台湾 Postal Taiwan Literal meaning Terraced Bay Portuguese: (Ilha) Formosa Traditional Chinese 福爾摩沙 Simplified Chinese 福尔摩沙 Literal meaning beautiful...

Galinhas (Portuguese: Ilha das Galinhas) is an island in the Bijagós Archipelago of Guinea-Bissau. Galinhas is located about 25 km southwest of Bolama...

owing to its beach (Praia de Cabanas) and island (Ilha de Cabanas), which belong to the Ria Formosa Nature Park. The history of Cabanas is connected to...

Party (8 May 1999). "DPP Resolution on Taiwan's Future". New Taiwan, Ilha Formosa. Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Republic of China). Archived from the original on...

Taiwan)". lambiek.net. Retrieved 27 March 2023. Lorot, Pascal, ed. (2007). "Ilha Formosa! by Paul de Fombelle". Un monde chinois en transition (in French). Choiseul...

of Santa Maria (at that time referred to on nautical charts as Ilha dos Lobos or Ilha do Ovo) during his journey to Madeira. Myth tells that on the day...

ISBN 9789860094343. Shih Shou-chien, ed. (2003). 福爾摩沙 : 十七世紀的臺灣、荷蘭與東亞 [Ilha Formosa: the Emergence of Taiwan on the World Scene in the 17th Century] (in...

University Press Andrade, Tonio (2008h), "Chapter 8: "The Only Bees on Formosa That Give Honey"", How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization...