Lost Colony: The Untold Story of China's First Great Victory Over the West

by Tonio Andrade

Book Overview

How a Chinese pirate defeated European colonialists and won Taiwan during the seventeenth century

During the seventeenth century, Holland created the world's most dynamic colonial empire, outcompeting the British and capturing Spanish and Portuguese colonies. Yet, in the Sino-Dutch War-Europe's first war with China-the Dutch met their match in a colorful Chinese warlord named Koxinga. Part samurai, part pirate, he led his generals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691159572
• ISBN13: 9780691159577
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.9"