Map of the area drawn by Charles W. Le Gendre[1] showing "Where the Rover's Crew landed" (bottom middle of map).
The Rover Incident (Chinese: 羅妹號事件; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lô-mōe-hō Sū-kiāⁿ or Chinese: 羅妹號慘案; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lô-mōe-hō Chhám-àn[1]) occurred on 12 March 1867 when the American merchant ship Rover, captained by Joseph Hunt[2] who was accompanied by his wife Mercy G. Beerman Hunt,[3] and en route from Shantou to Niuzhuang,[4] was wrecked off the coast of Taiwan, then ruled by the Qing dynasty.[5] The ship struck a coral reef called Qixingyan near Cape Eluanbi and drifted into the area of Kenting[6] in modern-day Hengchun, Pingtung County, Taiwan. Fourteen American sailors, including Hunt and his wife,[1] were killed by Taiwanese Aborigines[7][8] in revenge for earlier killings of Kaolut (Koalut/Ku-a-lut/etc) tribe members by foreigners. Subsequently, the U.S. military decided to send a military expedition against the tribe members responsible.[9]
^ abc 臺灣歷史地圖 增訂版 [Taiwan Historical Maps, Expanded and Revised Edition]. Taipei: National Museum of Taiwan History. February 2018. p. 78. ISBN978-986-05-5274-4. 在1867年(同治6年)3月間，美國商船羅妹號(Rover)因遭遇暴風，在鵝鸞鼻南方七星岩觸礁後沉沒，船長、船員等14人在龜仔甪社所在的海岸登陸，遭到殺害。{...}地圖繪製:李仙得{...}羅妹號慘案 THE ROVER'S CASE.
