What happens
In 1641 Dutch ships besiege the Spanish fortress at Keelung on the island of Formosa, and Governor Portillo must decide whether to surrender. The story follows the island's shifting control over the following centuries, from Dutch and Spanish rule to the arrival of the Chinese general Koxinga and the later Japanese takeover. It is presented as an episode of The Pacific Story, a National Broadcasting Company series, first aired on January 30, 1944.
Formosa (Taiwan) and the surrounding China Sea, from the 17th century through Japanese rule in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Characters: Governor Portillo, Captain Hartwick, Koxinga, Governor Coyet, Li Hung-chang, Marquis Ito
Listen for: The Dutch siege of the Spanish fortress at Keelung, and Koxinga's arrival on the island with his Chinese forces
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.