1885 French map of northern Formosa - Etymology (Table - Tango - Savages - Qing/Manchu)



What etymology I get from this 1885 map - 


1. Taokas Table + Techkham 桌崁/蓋 

2. Plateau -  Shangping 上坪 Hsinchu Upper Plateau
Spazi 十八兒社 (Atayal)

3. Tango - reserved area 
Tribus  Tango - reserves indigenous area
Saisiyat north and south 
Saisiyat  大隘 da'ai  and 東河 tung-he


4. Smangus (Territories des Sauvages) Atayal. 
Smangus - Pusu Qhuni (Seediq/Truku) 

5. Kim- Qing/Manchu  
Kim-paoli 金包里 = Qing - parián 清包里



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