<p><strong>400 Years: Dutch Formosa - part two</strong></p>
<p>Roughly 80% of Dutch (or other European) men settling in Taiwan as part of the Dutch East India Company's (VOC) presence on Taiwan married Indigenous Taiwanese women! </p>
<p>Learn more about Dutch-era Taiwan through the eyes of women as a remarkable woman, National Taiwan Normal University Professor Ann Heylen, gives us a glimpse into the severely Calvinist, yet practical, VOC - the world's first multinational corporation.</p>
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The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files

John Ross and Eryk Michael Smith

S4-E31 - Concubines, Wives, and Women - a peek into the personal lives of early Dutch settlers - With Professor Ann Heylen

NOV 14, 202426 MIN
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files

S4-E31 - Concubines, Wives, and Women - a peek into the personal lives of early Dutch settlers - With Professor Ann Heylen

NOV 14, 202426 MIN

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<p><strong>400 Years: Dutch Formosa - part two</strong></p> <p>Roughly 80% of Dutch (or other European) men settling in Taiwan as part of the Dutch East India Company's (VOC) presence on Taiwan married Indigenous Taiwanese women! </p> <p>Learn more about Dutch-era Taiwan through the eyes of women as a remarkable woman, National Taiwan Normal University Professor Ann Heylen, gives us a glimpse into the severely Calvinist, yet practical, VOC - the world's first multinational corporation.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Visit our<a href="https://www.formosafiles.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> website</a> for more. </p>