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Taiwan in the Eyes of a Western Traveler--John Thomson’s Footprints in Formosa
Taiwan in the Eyes of a Western Traveler--John Thomson’s Footprints in Formosa
John Thomson（1837-1921）is regarded as a pioneering photographer in the 19th century. He traveled to Far East, documenting the portraits, landscapes and eastern cultures profoundly through his lens and these photographs have become precious historical records. Although John Thomson only stayed in Taiwan for a few days, the images and notes he left are valuable historical materials for the research into Taiwan in the 1870s.His story could be comparable to Shen Bao-zhen, one of the figures in 「Traveling in Time」Exhibition. They were the travelers who came to Taiwan in the same time period. Through their stories, we can learn how they interpret Formosa in the 19th century.
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Digital Content Value-added System

On the basis of research done by the Institute of Taiwan History of Academia Sinica, the ITH Archives established publicly accessible digital value-added systems including the Taiwan Collectanea Search System, Taiwan Diary Knowledge Bank, Taiwan Sotokufu Personnel Directory and Taiwan Government-General Passport Issuance System. Access to all systems is free of charge. The content and usage are as follows:

  1. Taiwan Collectanea Search System
    The System collects the Taiwan Collectanea published from 1957 to 1972 by the Economic Research Office of Taiwan Bank. There are 311 kinds of books with near 50 million words in the database. This system serves users with full-text search and e-book browsing. We fully welcome everyone to utilize Taiwan Collectanea Search System.

  2. Taiwan Diary Knowledge Bank
    The ITH Archives established Taiwan Diary Knowledge Bank by applying the techniques of Wiki platform. This database includes the full-text and annotations of diaries which were published by the Institute of Taiwan History and other relevant institutions. There are 15 personal diaries and 1 organizational journal open for public to access so far. The whole content is composed of over 16 million words and about 56 thousands articles. The diaries will keep editing and uploading in the future. Anyone who already registers an account with a valid e-mail can view the diaries online for free.

  3. Taiwan Sotokufu Personnel Directory
    This database includes the personnel directory published by Taiwan Government-General (Taiwan Sotokufu) in the Japanese colonial period from 1896 to 1944. This personnel directory recorded the appointment information of the Taiwan Governor-General, administrators, local employees and so on. Detailed information includes the staff’s department, name, position, wage, registered birthplace, address, etc. This database contains 950 thousand names of the employees. The system is mainly used for browsing organizational structure, searching names and viewing the personnel directory through an e-book mode. It is open to the public and free of charge.

  4. Taiwan Government-General Passport Issuance System
    This database contains more than 200,000 records of application for passports by citizens in Taiwan for overseas travels between 1897 and 1942, and around 4,000 records of passports issued by the Japanese consulates in China from 1926 to 1944. These registries are first-hand historical records of overseas travels of Taiwanese during the Japanese colonial era. The catalog and the full-text are open to the public and the system provides basic, advanced and extended search, post categorization, as well as passport browsing by piece and by year.

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