In july 11 of 1621 , the dutch occupied penghu and in the following year , they dispatched a ship to tainan and kaohsiung . they found that anping was suitable to anchor ships as they entered to tayouan today s anping harbor and in the following year , fuchien s commander - in - chief attacked the dutch and then they gave up penghu and built fortress in anping . they named it " orlande city " later re - named it " fort zeelandia " and started the period of dutch colonization 明天启元年（西元1621年）七月十一日，荷兰人率舰攻入澎湖；翌年，派船测量台南、高雄一带，认为一鲲? （今安平）最适合泊船，于天启三年（西元1623年）至台窝湾（安平港） ，用竹、沙在港口筑砦，以防土著攻击；次年，福建总兵俞咨皋进剿，荷人弃守澎湖，转占安平，筑木栅堡垒，初名奥伦治城（后改名热遮兰城） ，并兴建商行民房，从此展开荷兰据台时期。
