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Spanish Formosa (Spanish: Gobernación de Hermosa española) was a small colony of the Spanish Empire established in the northern tip of the island now known as Taiwan, then known to Europeans at the time as Formosa or to Spaniards as "Isla Hermosa" from 1626 to 1642. It was ceded to the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years' War.
Spanish Formosa (1626–1642) — Spanish colonial period Of Taiwan, in the Spanish East Indies and administered under the Viceroyalty of New Spain (colonial México). Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Formosa: 1991 [12] Jujuy: 1994 [13] It features the same design as the Bandera Nacional de Nuestra Libertad Civil (Spanish for "National Flag of Our Civil Freedom"), a flag used by Argentine military leader Manuel Belgrano. [14] La Pampa: 1993 [15]
The Spanish expedition to Formosa was a campaign mounted by the Spanish based in Manila, Philippines in 1626. It was the Spanish response to Dutch settlements being built in Formosa, now known as Taiwan. In cooperation with the Portuguese, this venture was made to attract Chinese traders and curtail the expansion of Dutch power in Asia.
The Battle of San Salvador (1642), also known as the Second Battle of San Salvador, was a military assault launched by the Dutch on a small fortified Spanish settlement and its aboriginal allies in northern Formosa 1642. After six days, the battle ended in defeat for the Spanish. The Spanish defeat secured complete island control for the Dutch.
Formosa Province (Spanish pronunciation:) is a province in northeastern Argentina, part of the Gran Chaco Region. Formosa's northeast end touches Asunción, Paraguay , and the province borders the provinces of Chaco and Salta to its south and west, respectively.
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View a machine-translated version of the Spanish article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.