Formosa
When the Portuguese first landed in Bao Dao,
The first sentence is
"Formosa"
It means beautiful island.
Formosa doesn't mean Taiwan Province Province.
Formosa means beautiful island.
Green Island is beautiful. It's Formosa.
Mazu is beautiful and Formosa.
Formosa
Formosa (English: Formosa) comes from Latin and Portuguese "Formosa", both of which mean "beauty". Since the 65438+5th century, with the era of geographical discovery, the Portuguese have opened up new routes all over the world, and many places in the world are named after Formosa, all over Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Asia and Oceania. Topography also includes bays, beaches, islands, mountains, rivers, lakes and cities. Biological species found in places called "Formosa" around the world are often named after "Formosa"; Including the original feminine words and their masculine forms, such as "formosa", "formosana", "formosanensis" and "formosanus".
Formosa [Island of Taiwan Province Province]-According to relevant records, in the 6th and 5th centuries, due to the discovery of geography and the opening of new sea routes, it was even more rumored that arachis duranensis and spices in the East made Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch and other European countries send ships to explore here.
Since the middle of16th century, maritime shipping in Asia has become more and more frequent, with many routes passing through the waters near Taiwan Province Province. At that time, Portuguese ships, when passing through the sea of Taiwan Province Province, looked at Taiwan Province Province from the sea and found that the island of Taiwan Province Province was covered with mountains, trees and beautiful scenery, so they shouted Ilha Formosa! This sentence means "beautiful island" (Ilha is equivalent to English island).
At that time, the Portuguese took Indo-China Peninsula as the center, so Taiwan Province Province was just a scenic spot for them, but the name "Formosa" was still used by the Dutch, so many people still like to call the treasure island of Taiwan Province Province "Formosa", which is the origin of Formosa.
1554, the island name of Formosa first appeared on the map of the world drawn by Portuguese cartographer Lopo Homem, which is the earliest known map drawn by Europeans and named after the island of Taiwan Province Province. This map is made of eight pieces of parchment with the original size of 149×230 cm, and is now in the Florence Archaeological Museum.
Now it basically means Formosa = Taiwan Province Province = Formosa.
A beautiful and rich island
The laudatory name of Taiwan Province Province.
Taiwan Province Province, covering an area of about 36,000 square kilometers, is the smallest province in China. It is rich and beautiful, rich in natural resources ... so people have given him some nice nicknames.
Plant treasure house
There are many kinds of plants in Taiwan Province Province, especially Cinnamomum camphora, which is a world-famous natural camphor producing area. Fir trees are 70 meters high and can last for more than 2,000 years. The "Shenmu" red cypress in Alishan is more than 50 meters high and needs twelve people to hold it hand in hand. There are more than 4,000 species of trees in tropical, temperate and cold zones in Taiwan Province Province, and cherry blossoms, plum blossoms, azaleas and camellias can be seen everywhere.
Butterfly kingdom
Taiwan Province Province is a world-famous "Butterfly Sightseeing Area", with more than 400 species of butterflies, among which Mushu Butterfly and Taiwan Papilio are rare treasures. Kaohsiung and other places also have "Butterfly Valley", which is home to millions of butterflies. About 40 million butterflies are processed into specimens for export here every year.
Township fruit
Taiwan Province Province's unique climate and geographical location make it a world-famous fruit town. Bananas in Taiwan Province Province are called "the king of fruits", accounting for half of the total fruit output in Taiwan Province Province, and can be harvested all year round. Pineapple fruit is huge, planted once and harvested for five consecutive years. Citrus, grapefruit, longan, mango, papaya and other tropical famous fruits are readily available.
Natural fishing ground
Taiwan Province Province is surrounded by the sea, with flat gorge bottom, rich nutrition and food, which provides conditions for fish reproduction. Coupled with the interaction of cold current and warm current, it has become an important fishing ground in China. There are more than 400 kinds of fish, such as swordfish, squid and bonito.
Southeast yancang
The beach on the western coast of Taiwan is flat, with obvious dry and wet seasons, long sunshine, high temperature and rapid evaporation all year round, which makes it very convenient to develop salt industry. The sea salt here is a famous salt warehouse in Southeast Asia, with high output, low cost, white color and excellent quality. Taiwan Province saltworks covers an area of more than 4,000 hectares with an annual output of 500,000 tons.
scenic spot
Taiwan Province Province is beautiful and charming, with a prosperous tourism industry and scenic spots all over the island. Like Lin Tao, the sea of clouds and the top ten waterfalls of Alishan ... Sun Moon Lake is famous for its lakes and mountains. The largest and most beautiful tourist center and summer resort in Taiwan Province Province is Yangmingshan Park near Taibei, surrounded by mountains and my valley, with pleasant scenery in all seasons.