{"product_id":"port-of-tai-wan-foo-port-of-takao-tainan-kaohsiung-taiwan-dennys-1867-map-p-8-007058","title":"Port of Tai-wan-foo \/ Port of Takao—Tainan \u0026 Kaohsiung, Taiwan—Dennys 1867 map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Port of Tai-wan-foo. \/\/ Port of Takao.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo harbour plans on one sheet compare Taiwan-fu (Tainan) and Takao (Kaohsiung) as foreign trade began. The upper maps Anping, Fort Zeelandia, sandbanks and the inland city; the lower identifies Ape’s Hill, Saracen’s Head and Island, the village and a mineral spring around Takao’s lagoon. Silting forced Taiwan-fu’s shipping to anchor three miles offshore, with cargo crossing dangerous surf and Fort Zeelandia serving as a sea-mark. Takao offered a sheltered lagoon, although its entrance bar constrained shipping. Both ports arose from the 1858 treaty settlement; Dennys dates Takao’s opening to 1864. Despite having only a few European houses and stores, it recorded 153 foreign-vessel entries totalling 27,648 tons in 1865. Sugar, turmeric, sesame and rice were exported; cotton goods, woollens and opium imported. Drawing on Robert Swinhoe’s reports, Dennys’s 1867 maps predate modern reclamation around Tainan and the former Taijiang lagoon and Kaohsiung’s development into a major engineered harbour. Exceptionally scarce: our research located no other separate dealer or auction record for this map.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54020020207963,"sku":"P-8-007058","price":300.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-8-007058a.jpg?v=1788980450","url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/products\/port-of-tai-wan-foo-port-of-takao-tainan-kaohsiung-taiwan-dennys-1867-map-p-8-007058","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}