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Penghu Islands

The Penghu Islands, (Chinese: 澎湖群島; Pinyin: Pēnghú qúndǎo) previously known as the Pescadores are a collection of 64 small islands in the Taiwan Strait just west of Taiwan. Historically the islands have been used as stepping stones for navigating the strait, be that for trade, smuggling, immigration, or even an invasion.

Currently it is under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China.


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References

  1. Manthorpe, J. (2008). A Leaf on the Waves. In: Forbidden Nation: a History of Taiwan. St. Martin’s Griffin.
  2. Xing, H. (2010). Between Trade and Legitimacy, Maritime and Continent: The Zheng Organization in Seventeenth-Century East Asia. [online] escholarship.org. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/133829bz [Accessed 4 Nov. 2022].
  3. Ross, J. and Smith, E.M. (2021). S1-E2 - Koxinga VS. The Dutch - Round One [Podcast] September 2021. Available at: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7GMoaWKYTuRIzi1xppSGdQ?si=2e6ab3f2252e46b4 [Accessed 8 Dec. 2022].
Bird's-eye view of the Penghu Islands, 2015, Wing1990hk