Cannon and watchtower at Dutch built Fort Zeelandia Anping Tainan Taiwan ROC

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Cannon and watchtower at Dutch built Fort Zeelandia Anping Tainan Taiwan ROC. Fort Zeelandia was a fortress built over ten years from 1624–1634 by the Dutch Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, in the town of Anping (Tainan) on the island of Formosa, present day Taiwan, during their 38-year rule over the western part of it. On 30 April 1661, General Zheng Cheng Gong ("Koxinga") of Ming China (1368-1644) laid siege to the fortress (defended by 2,000 Dutch soldiers) with 400 warships and 25,000 men. After a nine-month siege with the loss of 1,600 Dutch lives, the Dutch surrendered the Fortress on 1 February 1662.

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Location: Fort Zeelandia Anping Tainan Taiwan
Photo credit: © Craig Ferguson / Alamy / Afripics
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