EU: Lagoon, Formosa, Taku, by John Thomson (1871) through time

Kaohsiung 1871 5 photos of this spot

5 photographs taken at the same spot in Kaohsiung, spanning 1871 — 5 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Takow harbour, an important port on Formosa's southern coast now known as Kaohsiung, Taiwan, appears in this 1871 photograph by John Thomson, part of his extensive documentation of the island during a formative period of Western contact.

EU: Takow harbour, Formosa by John Thomson (1871) 1871 Takow harbour, an important port on Formosa's southern coast now known as Kaohsiung, Taiwan, appears in this 1871 photograph by John Thomson, part of his extensive documentation of the island during a formative period of Western contact.

EU: View in Takow harbour, Formosa, John Thomson (1871) 1871 John Thomson recorded this view of Takow harbour, present-day Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in 1871, showing the coastal waters that made the port a key point of entry for foreign trade on Formosa's southern coast.

EU: Takow, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, (1871) 1871 This 1871 image, taken by pioneering photographer John Thomson, depicts the port town of Takow on Formosa's southern coast, an area that later grew into the modern city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

EU: Takow harbour (Takao, Kaohsiung), Formosa (Taiwan). Photograph by John Thomson, (1871) 1871 Takow harbour, also rendered as Takao and today known as Kaohsiung, Taiwan, was photographed by John Thomson in 1871 during his travels documenting the ports and landscapes of Formosa.

EU: Lagoon, Formosa, Taku, by John Thomson (1871) 1871 This 1871 photograph by John Thomson shows a lagoon near Takow, on Formosa's southern coast in what is now Kaohsiung, Taiwan, part of a series recording the island's harbors and shoreline.