Italian Formosa

Mandate of Formosa (Italian: Mandato di Formosa, Chinese: 福爾摩沙委任統治), also known as Italian Formosa (Italian: Formosa italiana, Chinese: 義大利語福爾摩沙) or simply Italian Taiwan (Italian: Taiwan italiana, Chinese: 義大利語台灣) is an smallest colonies/states of the Italian Colonial Empire established in the northern tip of the island known to Europeans at the time as Formosa (now Taiwan) from 1889 to 1894.