The Koalut’s Son: A Documentary of the Rover Incident

Reporter/Provider - Pingtung County Government
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In the mid-19th century, an American civilian merchant ship from Swatow, China, passed through the Taiwan Strait and accidentally hit a reef. Fourteen crew members landed on the coast of Kenting, Hengchun, and entered an indigenous territory where they were attacked. Only one crew member survived and ran to Takao...

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The Koalut’s Son

In the mid-19th century, an American civilian merchant ship passed through the Taiwan Strait and accidentally hit a reef. Fourteen crew members landed on the coast of Kenting, Hengchun, and entered an indigenous territory where they were attacked. Only one crew member survived and ran to Takao...