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 ... /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Psalmanazar, George, 1679?-1763
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
Subjects:	Taiwan > Description and travel. Apologetics > History > 18th century. Apologetics > Early works to 1800. Voyages, Imaginary > Early works to 1800. Imaginary languages > Early works to 1800. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Item Description:	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. Includes the alphabet of and texts in the "Formosan" language. Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London. Goldsmiths'-Kress number 04044. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	8 unnumbered pages, xiv, 2 unnumbered pages, 131, that is, 331 pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations