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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Pre-colonization=== | ===Pre-colonization=== | ||
Prior to the 19th century, Huadao never had a permanent human population. Various reports and archaeological evidence suggests the island was occasionally home to bands of fishermen or whalers who would use it as a temporary base of operations, and some records indicate [[Daxia]]n prisoners were occasionally exiled to the island, but beyond these limited instances the island was unpopulated on a permanent basis. The island was, however, home to large numbers of seabirds, and over the course of hundreds and thousands of years, Huadao became covered in accreted bird feces, creating a rich {{wp|guano}} deposit. | Prior to the 19th century, Huadao never had a permanent human population. Various reports and archaeological evidence suggests the island was occasionally home to bands of fishermen or whalers who would use it as a temporary base of operations, and some records indicate [[Daxia]]n prisoners were occasionally exiled to the island, but beyond these limited instances the island was unpopulated on a permanent basis. The island was, however, home to large numbers of seabirds, and over the course of hundreds and thousands of years, Huadao became covered in accreted bird feces, creating a rich {{wp|guano}} deposit. | ||
Along with several other of the [[Trade Islands]], Huadao was claimed by [[Daxia]] in [[1512]]. Though the island was never colonized by Daxia, Daxian ships occasionally patrolled the region over the next several centuries, and it continued to be occasionally used as the site of camps for fishermen and whalers. | |||
===Guano War=== | ===Guano War=== | ||
{{Main|Guano War}} | {{Main|Guano War}} | ||