FORMOSA CRISIS (1874)
The Ryūjō was the flagship of the Taiwan expedition. 1896 map of Formosa, revised by Rev. William Campbell A shipwreck in 1871 on Taiwan (Formosa) involving sailors from the Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa) grew in seriousness between that year and 1874, until it developed into a full-blown crisis between China and Japan. Japanese sailors from the […]
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