勇於冒險犯難的航海家

1762年貝紐夫斯基伯爵加入軍隊參與「七年戰爭」。兩年後，後因與當權者的宗教信仰理念不同，迫使他離國於1766年前往波蘭。1769年，貝紐夫斯基伯爵加入了波蘭的聯盟陣線，1770年因抗俄軍事行動而被俘，被關在位於俄國東邊的堪察加半島監獄中，1771年貝紐夫斯基伯爵越獄成功，並且劫走了俄國船艦聖彼得與聖保羅號，從1771年5月12日起航，在總計14個月的旅程中，貝紐夫斯基伯爵花了三個半月的時間，一路經過阿留申群島、阿拉斯加、日本、琉球等地，才終於來到美麗的福爾摩沙，開啟與宜蘭原住民的傳奇邂逅。

In 1762, Count de Benyowsky joined the military and fought in the “Seven Years’ War.” Two years later, because of his different religious view with the authorities, he was forced to flee to Poland in 1766. In 1769, Count de Benyowsky joined Poland’s Confederation of Bar. In 1770, he was captured for his military operations against Russia and was kept captive in a prison on the Kazan peninsula in eastern Russia. In 1771, Count de Benyowsky successfully escaped and captured a Russian war ship, “St. Peter and Paul.” Over his 14-mohth journey that started on May 12, 1771, Count de Benyowsky spent three and a half months travelling all the way from Aleutian Islands, to Alaska, Japan, and the Ryukyus, before finally reaching the beautiful island of Formosa, and thus began his legendary encounter with the indigenous people of Yilan.