{"product_id":"island-of-formosa-taiwan-island-map-dennys-1867-old-antique-plan-chart-p-8-007057","title":"Island of Formosa—Taiwan island map—Dennys 1867 old antique plan chart","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Island of Formosa'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn early map of Taiwan’s treaty-port era, showing Tamsui, Kelung, Taiwan-fu, Takao, Mount Morrison at 10,800 feet and Botel Tobago. Detailed western plains contrast with a schematic interior and east coast: Qing settlement concentrated in the west, while mountainous indigenous territories remained poorly known to foreign surveyors. The Treaty of Tientsin of 1858, ratified in 1860, opened Taiwan to foreign commerce. Dennys’s 1867 map records four operative ports with small consular and Customs establishments. Takao had opened in 1864; Tamsui had only a handful of foreign houses. Rice and sugar dominated southern exports, while tea, camphor, coal, indigo, jute, rice-paper pith and sulphur drew merchants north. The map predates provincial status, Japanese rule from 1895, railways and modern harbour engineering. Its information drew on consul Robert Swinhoe’s 1865 trade report and Notes on Formosa, and a naval surveying expedition; no draughtsman is named. Exceptionally scarce as a separately offered map: our research located no other separate dealer or auction record.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54020020076891,"sku":"P-8-007057","price":380.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-8-007057a.jpg?v=1788980450","url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/products\/island-of-formosa-taiwan-island-map-dennys-1867-old-antique-plan-chart-p-8-007057","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}