![EU: Takow, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, (1871), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 1871](https://cdn.placewas.com/placewas/00853e88792d431dbc998016d3c2a715.jpg?width=1200)
EU: Takow, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, (1871)
1871 Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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.
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