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