The key had been Le Gendre. Thus to understand Taiwan's destiny, you have to first understand the map he made and the role he played, "says Wei Te-wen. Whether the actual longitude and latitude lines on the map are accurate is of secondary importance. The information behind the map is extremely rich and one can glimpse its influence.
「日本打輸反而成了凱旋而歸的勝利軍，關鍵就在李仙得；因此要了解台灣命運，先要了解李仙得繪製的地圖和他扮演的角色，」魏德文說，地圖經緯度是否精確還在其次，背後透露出的訊息非常豐富，影響力可見一斑。