寶島多美麗 起句是讚美詞 就像在十六世紀 Jan Huygen van Linschoten 乘坐西方的第一艘船經過台灣島時 驚嘆所說的: "Ilha Formosa" (meaning "Beautiful island"),
The island's modern history goes back to around 1590, when the first Western ship passed by the island, and Jan Huygen van Linschoten,a Dutch navigator on a Portugese ship,exclaimed "Ilha Formosa" (meaning "Beautiful island"), which became its name for the next four centuries.