一五八二年，搭載三百多人、滿載貴重貨物的兩艘戎克船由澳門 前往日本，中途卻遇上颱風擱淺在臺灣外海。這次船難事件造就了西方 文獻首次登陸臺灣的記錄。對於臺灣史的意義來說，藉由三份耶穌會教 士的記錄讓後人一窺當時的臺灣原住民、海岸、溪流、山林與生物的樣 態，也令人想去探求：到底一行人到了臺灣的哪裡？筆者從既有的北部 海岸、中部海岸說法之外，以記錄中涉及原住民相關部份重新理解船難 事件內涵的異文化接觸、觀察與書寫等面向，進一步地認為船難者所遇 到的原住民與後來荷蘭東印度公司檔案與職員描述的西拉雅相近。 雖然論證西拉雅可能即是船難者所遇到的原住民，筆者也不諱言 一五八二年到一六二三年之間存在著諸多變動因素，包括村社間的關 係、遷移以及地景的改變等等都會多多少少影響到「遇到西拉雅」就等 於「船難發生在西南部海岸」關係的建立，但是西南部海岸一帶仍是此 次船難者在臺灣比較可能的活動區域。

In July 1582, two junks with precious cargoes run aground off the coast in Taiwan. Nearly 300 survivors managed to return to Macao where they had departed two and a half months ago. Three Portuguese and Spanish Jesuits left their accounts on this accident. These have been the first landing reports on Taiwan in the western literature. The point at issue is where the event was occurred in Taiwan. Other than the propositions of the northern coast and the central coast, this article explores the great possibility of the southwest coast. By examining the similarities between the records of the Jesuit encountered natives and the Siraya, the most adequately described Formosans by the personnel of the Dutch East India Company （VOC）, the author argues that the southwest coast where the Siraya inhabited was the most likely shipwreck scene.

一五八二 船難；臺灣原住民；福爾摩沙；臺灣史；西拉雅； 荷蘭東印度公司

1582；shipwreck；Taiwan Indigenes；the Formosans； History of Taiwan；the Siraya；the Dutch East India Company；the VOC