EU: Takow harbour, Formosa by John Thomson (1871)
1871 Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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.
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![EU: Takow, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, (1871), Kaohsiung, 1871](https://cdn.placewas.com/placewas/00853e88792d431dbc998016d3c2a715.jpg?width=400)
