Although Song-dynasty historical records mention a land named Pisheye there is no agreement on whether or not this was actually Taiwan, but what is clear is that the pictorial information possessed by the Europeans of the time was much richer than that of the Ming dynasty and that this was a very feasible direction to take for a publishing venture.
雖然中國宋代就有史書提及「毗舍耶」，但究竟是不是台灣，並無定論；倒是當時歐洲人擁有的圖像資料遠比明代豐富，這是一個可以經營的出版方向。