An historical and geographical description of Formosa : an island subject to the Emperor of Japan : giving an account of the religion, customs, manners, &c., of the inhabitants : together with a relation of what happen'd to the author in his travels ... : also the history and reasons of his conversion to Christianity ...

An historical and geographical description of Formosa : an island subject to the Emperor of Japan : giving an account of the religion, customs, manners, &c., of the inhabitants : together with a relation of what happen'd to the author in his travels ... : also the history and reasons of his conversion to Christianity ... / by George Psalmanaazaar.

Author/creator	Psalmanazar, George, 1679?-1763
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	London : Printed for Dan. Brown [and 3 others], 1704.
Description	8 unnumbered pages, xiv, 2 unnumbered pages, 131, that is, 331 pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations
Subject(s)	Apologetics--History --18th century. Apologetics--Early works to 1800. Voyages, Imaginary--Early works to 1800. Imaginary languages--Early works to 1800. Taiwan--Description and travel.

General note	A fabrication. "Psalmanazar ... wrote in Latin, and the main portion of his manuscript was translated by Mr. Oswald ... what was not due to his own imagination he borrowed from Varenius's 'Descriptio regni Japoniae et Siam' (Amsterdam, 1649) or Candidius' 'Voyages'."--DNB.
General note	Includes the alphabet of and texts in the "Formosan" language.
General note	Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.
General note	Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 04044.
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.

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