Definition of "Pescadore"

Standing from the shore, with topsails and courses close reefed, M. de Peyrouse hoped, that he might double the PESCADORE ISLES, by keeping the ship's head to the N. W., before a N. N. E. wind.

1798, A Voyage Round the World : Which was Performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, by M. De la Peyrouse‎, Edinburgh, pages 131–132

In 1624, the Dutch established themselves on Fischer's I., one of the Pescadore group, in order to control the coast trade of Fuhkien province.

1867, Wm. Fred. Mayers, N. B. Dennys, Chas. King, The Treaty Ports of China and Japan‎, London: Trübner and Co., page 244

China sued for peace, and under the Treaty of Shimonoseki, signed in April 1895, Port Arthur and the part of the Liaotung Peninsula on which it stood were ceded to Japan, as were Formosa and the Pescadore Islands, situated between Formosa and China.

1970, 40 Years of Conflict: 1904-1945‎, Marshall Cavendish, pages 6–7