Drought in 1628 CE and the beginning of massive migration from the Chinese mainland to Taiwan References

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Geografie 2025, 130, 321-337

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie.2025.010

Drought in 1628 CE and the beginning of massive migration from the Chinese mainland to Taiwan

¹Fudan University, Institute of Historical Geography, Shanghai, China
²Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Department of Chinese History and Culture, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Received January 2025
Accepted July 2025

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