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 ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Psalmanazar, George, 1679?-1763.

Series:

Making of the modern world

Making of the Modern World

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Imaginary languages.

Taiwan--Description and travel.

Taiwan.

Apologetics--History--18th century.

Apologetics.

History.

Apologetics--Early works to 1800.

Voyages, Imaginary--Early works to 1800.

Voyages, Imaginary.

Imaginary languages--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Dan. Brown [and 3 others], 1704.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

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 no. 04044.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. s2005 miunns

OCLC:

65319088

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.