MONTANUS, A. - The citie and Castle Zelandia in the Island of Taywan. / Stadt en casteel Zelandia op 't Eilant Taywan.

This important copperplate engraving is one of the earliest European views of Taiwan, depicting the Dutch fortifications and trading settlement on the West coast of the island at Fort Zeelandia (Anping).
The settlement at Zeelandia established in 1624 provided an important local trading outpost as well as a staging post for V.O.C. vessels en route to the China coast and Japan.
Title in top in English and Dutch. In lower part a lettered key (A-L).