《基隆市誌》中六塊涉外事件紀念碑的史事探述

A Summary of the Research on the Historical Background of the 6 Monuments of Foreign-related Events in the Chronicle of Keelung City

《基隆市志》無論那一年代的版本，都同樣記載有六塊英文石碑，似乎是紀念很重要的涉外事件，但由於市志沒有附上碑刻的內容，加上現在六塊石碑都已不知下落，難以確定市志的記載是否真實，但感覺上似乎有問題。透過搜尋文獻與田野調查，發現市志的記載與石碑真正紀念的事情絕大部份無關，但由於其錯誤是誤植另一真實的歷史事件，很容易讓人不察而相信，這可能就是《基隆市志》與坊間出版的碑刻相關書籍錯誤超過六十年卻始終未更正的原因。本篇論文糾正了《基隆市志》長久以來的錯誤，並且延伸說明六塊紀念碑背後所涉及清代西方人在台灣周邊海域活動的歷史，雖然沒有市志原來以為的那麼重大，但仍然是基隆市非常重要的海洋文化資產，不應該任其錯誤下去。

The Chronicle of Keelung City were recorded there are six monuments seem to be a very important foreign-related event, but because the city chronicle has not attached the original content, and now the six monuments are gone, Therefore, it is hard to de-termine whether the records of the chronicle are true, but it seems that there are some problem. Through the search for literature and field investigations, it is found that the city chronicle records have nothing to do with the actual commemoration of the monuments. However, because the mistakes are also real historical event, it is easy for people to be-lieve it, this may be the reason why the city chronicle have been wrong for more than sixty years but have not been corrected. This paper corrects the long-standing mistakes of The Chronicle of Keelung City and described the history of the marine activities in Formosa water of the Westerners in the Qing Dynasty. Although it is not as important as the original imagination, but it is still very important cultural assets in.