S3-E19 - Two Johns Take a "Walking Tour" in Historic Tamsui 淡水 - Part One

Strategically located near the mouth of
the Tamsui (Danshui) River, the port town of
Tamsui has a long, rich history. The Spanish built a fort here in
the 1600s, as did the Dutch, and numerous European traders came
here in the nineteenth century when it was a treaty port. But
perhaps the most surprising foreign presence was the brief and
bloody stay of the French military. This was the Battle of Tamsui
of October 1884, which was a part of the Sino-French War. John
Groot, the author of “Taiwanese Feet: My walk around Taiwan,”
takes John Ross on a walking tour of
his beloved hometown on the trail of this forgotten
historical conflict.


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