Complete the sentence about Tainan with the correct year: In July ______, the Dutch East India Company textile merchant Cornelis Reyersz sailed to Taiwan in search of a suitable location to build a trading post.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. 1622
In July 1622 Cornelis Reyersz, a textile merchant of the Dutch East India Company, sailed to Taiwan looking for a good place for a trading post. The Portuguese and Spanish had failed to control Macau and Penghu.
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