Formosa contra Taiwan

[Robin Leech]

Taiwan is Chinese; Formosa is Japanese.  These names reflect who "owned"
them at different times in history.
Robin Leech
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vr. Richard Bejsak-Colloredo-Mansfeld" <ricardo at ANS.COM.AU>
To: <TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 6:53 AM
Subject: Formosa contra Taiwan


> Dear colleagues,
>
> sometime the island and state called  Taiwan and sometime is called
Formosa
> even by the same author, what is the difference?
>
> Keep care and be of good cheer.
>
> Regards
>
> (name) Vratislav Richard Eugene Maria John Baptist
> (surname) of Bejsak (Bayshark)-Colloredo-Mansfeld
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