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在所有關於打開日本門戶及向美國政府提出領有福爾摩沙的建議的美
Samuel Eliot Morison為什麼能寫出那麼多麼好書?原因是他出身美國有名
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我今天要把這本書中與福爾摩沙(台灣)有關的內容告訴建州兄姊、
“In order to procure a better source of bituminous coal, the Commodore sent two ships to investigate the mines of Formosa, then a lightly held and underdeveloped part of the Chinese Empire. Macedonian, ----------, rendezvoused with Supply at the port of Keelung (Chilung) at the northern cape of Formosa (Taiwan) on 21 July [, 1854]. There Captain Abbot sent Chaplain Jones (who added the post of squadron geologist to his clerical function) to seek out coal mines, and he found no fewer than eight. Fair steam coal could be delivered at Keelung for only $1.50 a ton. And no objection was raised by Formosa mandarins to the American ships’ buying all they wanted.” (p. 397) [為了獲得較好的瀝青煤的供應來源,白理將軍派了兩艘船,調查福
“---------the Commodore waxes enthusiastic over the possibilities of the “magnificent island” of Formosa and its enormous natural wealth. The imperial government is so feeble that “an American settlement at Kelung would be looked upon with favor by the Chinese.” Kelung would not only be a good base for putting down piracy, but “a port of general resort for vessels of all nations .” Every country would benefit by “an American settlement, once firmly established in Formosa.“ Perry begs the American public not to regard "colony" as a dirty word, or object to small settlements "established merely for purposes of trade or some religious or moral object” like the trading factories of the Portuguese and Spanish discoverers; Port Lloyd and Kelung, for example. (p. 425) [白理將軍對美國領有福爾摩沙這個宏偉壯麗的島嶼以及擁有其豐富
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底下我做一點補充與註解。
在7/10/2014日,我張貼了「拜訪Commodore Matthew C. Perry (美國海軍准將白理)在紐約的故居」一文,我說:
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這位鄉親的哥哥娶的老婆是以前台灣煤業大亨顏雲年家族的女兒,這
Port Lloyd,羅伊港,位於Bonin Islands,Bonin Islands就是今天日本的小笠原諸島。
Kelung是白理將軍對基隆(Keelung, Chilung)這個地名的寫法。
1854年7月,白理將軍派遣兩艘船到台灣北部,進行台灣地區地
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我現在藉白理將軍的傳記的最後一章(Home Port, 1854-1858)的相關部分,來介紹Commodore Perry的海外拓殖思想,同時借該書的作者S. E. Morison的說法,來解釋為什麼白理當年欲領有台灣的計劃遭
“Old Bruin”這本傳記最後一章有Perry s Policies and Prophecies”( 白理的政策與預言)這麼一節,我們認為它是這本傳記的精華,也是
Every country would benefit by an American settlement, once firmly established in Formosa. Perry begs the American public not to regard colony as a dirty word, ----- (p. 425)[ 白理將軍說,「一旦美國在福爾摩沙的移居地被堅固地建立起來,每
由於白理將軍構想中的美國在東方拓殖的重點是在福爾摩沙(台灣)