Pescadores

At break of day we saw the islands which we have called the Pescadores, lying six miles to the eastward; whilst those which had risen on our horizon the preceding evening had wholly disappeared.

A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 Otto von Kotzebue 1816

DURING THE PREVIOUS month, the peace treaty ending World War II with Japan had finally been signed in San Francisco by forty-eight countries,* but it was not until the end of April 1953 that the Nationalists and Japanese came to an agreement under which the latter renounced title to Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands, thus officially ending the world war.

The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

The fact that "Taiwan is not a country" is easily seen when you examine the subject of diplomatic relations for the areas of "Formosa and the Pescadores," aka "Taiwan".

Lin Trial Transcripts: Does the US have sovereignty over Taiwan? Michael Turton 2009

I think of Taiwan's mainland as the big island as opposed to Turtle island, Lanyu, or the Pescadores.

Odds and Ends for Friday Michael Turton 2009

In the San Francisco Peace Treaty, Article 4b clearly states that the US military government has final disposition rights over "Formosa and the Pescadores."

Lin Trial Transcripts: Does the US have sovereignty over Taiwan? Michael Turton 2009

Over the last ten days invasion fleets for Guam, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaya had all left the Inland Sea for their jump-off points in the Bonin Islands, Pescadores and Palau Islands.

Sealing Their Fate David Downing 2009

Pescadores corajosos subverteram a ideia tradicional de um dia calmo e pacífico de pescaria quando decidiram ir para dentro de águas geladas do Alaska infestadas de tubarões num kayak e com canas de pesca.

Pesca ao tubarão em kayak/ Extreme Kayak Shark Fishing Red 2007

But having learned his lesson in Manchuria, Chiang soon gave up all his other territory except the Pescadores and the islands of Quemoy and Matsu off the coast of Fukien.

The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

Pescadores corajosos subverteram a ideia tradicional de um dia calmo e pacífico de pescaria quando decidiram ir para dentro de águas geladas do Alaska infestadas de tubarões num kayak e com canas de pesca.

Archive 2007-10-01 Red 2007

This raised anxieties among the legislators during the Legislative Yuan interpellations on the Taipei Treaty who bluntly demanded to know: “What is the status of Formosa and the Pescadores?”

Archive 2009-05-01 Michael Turton 2009