漢堡-美洲公司*環遊世界 臺北

[英文]on back, printed in green type: New York (Monday), March 31, 1930. The @Resolute@ arrived at and departed from Keelung on time yesterday after a smooth passage from Amoy, as reported y radiogram. @Passengers and Staff All Well.@ On the way across the China Sea there were Lectures and Travel Talks on Formosa. Tea-Reception was given in honor of the @Resolute@ passengers at Taihoku, the capital, with an address of welcome by His Excellency the Governor General of Formosa. Your friends have had an experience which even old travelers in the Far East may envy, for Formosa is another off-the-beaten path feature of the @Resolute@ Cruise. Formosa, now a colony of Japan, was given its Beautiful name by its Portuguese discoverers. More precisely, Illa Formosa, or Isle Beautiful. 16th Century Orientalism and 20th Century Occidentalism lie side by side. Well, perhaps not lie. Reformed head-hunters sip their Formosa Oolong as they pull your jinrikisha. HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE