It was first mentioned in the Ching Dynasty annals some 180 years ago, when, according to the records, a sailor traveling along the coast of Taiwan was blown off course by a typhoon and landed on the island.
早在一百八十年前，先民就已經發現了綠島的迷人之處。根據「恆春縣志」記載，清朝嘉慶九年，福州人陳必先從小琉球乘船到恆春經商，中途遭遇颱風，船隻飄流至綠島。