Beginning with the arrival of Dutch merchants in 1624, the traditional lands of the aborigines have been successively colonized by Dutch, Spanish, Ming, Qing, Japanese, and Chinese Nationalist rulers.
Bermula dengan kedatangan para pedagang Belanda pada 1624, wilayah-wilayah tradisional penduduk asli berhasil dijajah oleh penguasa Belanda, Spanyol, Ming, Qing, Jepang, dan Nasionalis Tiongkok.