Saving history — Fort Bertin 'rediscovered'

The Witnessed Account of British Resident: John Dodd at Tamsui is a book essentially built around the diary of the British tea merchant and the hardships he faced as a result of a blockade by French forces taking part in the wider Sino-French War of the mid-1880s.
A valuable record of the period, to any history buff it is just as valuable for the numerous French military maps included at the front of the book — many showing forts in and around the Keelung area that no longer appear on contemporary versions.
And as a “self-titled” history buff, and former military

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