The "Formosa" known to Europeans in the sixteenth century has been shrouded in mystery, but in recent years a group of Dutch, Chinese and Japanese scholars have cooperated to produce, Daily Registers of Taiwan, a series of documents from that era, being published in a series of volumes.
十六世紀葡萄牙人口中的「福爾摩沙」，在十七世紀以降，面貌居然變模糊了，近年來，在荷、中、日學者的合作下，「台灣日誌」檔案四大冊將陸續出版。