My name is Formosa 福爾摩沙

        Taiwan as known as Formosa (福爾摩沙). Why? Why? Why?

                                                                                      old map made in 1554

                                                                                      old map made in 1756
 
        In 1542, Portuguese was sailing on the way to Japan, they found the island without name on the map and exclaimed "Ilha Formos!" (Means beautiful iland.) That's how Taiwan had the first name- Formosa!



        Ha, as a Taiwanese, this was what we learned in history class in hign school! Oh, little bit miss my history textbook!!!