Some of these visitors penetrated deeply into the western part of the island where the Han Chinese were concentrated, each side supplying the other's needs, while others traipsed all over the island, exploring its geography and entering the "land of the savages," as yet unseen by the outside world, leaving behind a valuable written and pictorial record.
他們之中，有人深入漢人聚集的西半部地區，互通有無從事貿易，更有人遍踏台灣，勘查地形，直入當時外界仍未窺其貌的「番界」，留下了珍貴的文獻和圖像記錄。