Category Archives: Tamsui

Mackay Street & The Complications of Anglicizing Chinese

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Meg

Part 1: From Far Formosa My first challenge in my trip to explore George Leslie Mackay’s history was actually finding the city… The town name is Anglicized as Tamsui, Danshuei, Tanshui and pretty much any variation around those. It was Cousin George‘s description … Continue reading →

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From Far Formosa

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Meg

So when I was planning to come to Taiwan, I read George Leslie Mackay’s From Far Formosa. The author is a very, very distant cousin, from a branch of the Mackays who went to Canada after the Clearances. (I believe … Continue reading →

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