S3-E10 - Lord of Formosa - Part Two: Coyett VS. Koxinga

Joyce Bergvelt's book Lord of Formosa is a novel, but
she's an author who has extensively studied the Dutch colonial
period and the main characters involved. Lord of Formosa,
therefore, might be closer to a history book than fiction. Listen
to John speak with Joyce as they discuss the complicated,
brash, and violent personality of Koxinga (Zheng
Chenggong 鄭成功) and hear the details of how this
pirate-warlord Ming loyalist clashed with Frederick Coyett, the
Dutch governor of Formosa (who was actually Swedish).  


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