Taiwan, 4, 24, 26, 30, 34, 42, 50, 52, 54, 63, 68, 70, 77–80, 94, 103, 118–131, 142–189, 196, 201, 204–210, 213, 217, 227–228, 230–231, 240–241, 243–246, 248

Taiwan incident, 149–157

Takaki Sakuzaemon, 74

Takasago, 144

Takayama, 32

Takeda, 29, 99, 100, 104, 309

technological advances in mining, 99–101, 103–106

Ternate, 21

Texel, 16, 21

The Netherlands, 2, 11, 111–113, 124, 129, 146, 162, 165, 169, 172, 178, 202, 205, 219, 221, 223, 227, 228, 232

the Sound, 13, 37

Tidore, 21, 259

Todaiki,, 63, 72, 219

Tokugawa

family, 29, 31–32, 46, 55, 59, 61, 71, 80–81, 93, 99, 104, 120, 122, 144, 160, 183, 241–242, 245–247

Hidetada, 27, 71–72, 80, 86, 154, 156, 218

Iemitsu, 129, 146, 155–156, 159, 183

Ieyasu, 9, 10–11, 27, 29, 31–32, 36, 53, 56–64, 67, 71–73, 80–81, 85–87, 100–101, 103–106, 120, 129, 145–146, 155–156, 183, 194, 215, 221, 244

Tokugawa Jikki,, 10, 27, 36, 46, 88, 104–105, 120, 183–184, 188, 219

Toyotomi

Hideyori, 10, 33, 56, 81

Hideyoshi, 9, 29, 36, 45, 52, 53, 55–57, 59, 71, 83, 85, 100, 107, 120, 144, 220–221, 228, 240–241

Tradenius, Paulus, 207

Tsushima, 6–7, 29, 31, 35, 56, 106, 122–123, 215, 224, 232

Uesugi, 29, 85, 99–100, 309

United Provinces, 13, 15–19, 24, 58, 108

van Diemen, Antonio, 41, 115, 163, 166, 189, 195, 209, 234

ventilation, mineshafts, 105

Verhoeff, Pieter Willemsz., 22

Verwaarloosde Formosa (Neglected Formosa),, 172, 174

VOC, 12, 16–28, 30–32, 41, 44, 49–50, 53, 58, 63, 68, 74, 77, 90, 96, 98, 103, 108–109, 11–113, 116–117, 119, 121–129, 131–132, 142, 145–147, 150, 153, 155, 157–171, 173–177, 191, 192, 195–216, 218–219, 222, 225–231, 240, 243–246, 248

voorcomapnieën, 16

wako,, 84–85, 116, 143, 179, 194, 233, 304

Wang Chih, 54

Warring States. See sengoku

weapons

Japanese, 42, 71, 100, 224

Western, 217, 222–223

Wisselbank,, 111, 113

wood (lumber), 167–168, 171