01511cam a2200265I 4500 historicalgeogr00psal CaSfIA 20240825102232.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 770509s1704 enkf o 000 0 eng 05006686 (OCoLC)1046034931 DLC WTU WTU SER NDD CaSfIA DS895.F7 P8 Psalmanazar, George, 1679?-1763. An historical and geographical description of Formosa ... 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; particularly his conferences with the Jesuits, and others, in several parts of Europe. Also the history and reasons of his conversion to Christianity, with his objections against it (in defence of paganism) and their answers ... By George Psalamanaazaar, a native of the said island ... London, Printed for D. Brown [etc.] 1704. 1 online resource (4 pages l., xiv , 131 (i. e. 331) pages 16 pl.) Pages 328-331 incorrectly numbered 128-131. A fabrication. The author's real name is unknown. "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 Japoniæ et Siam' (Amsterdam, 1649) or Candidius's 'Voyages'."--Dict. nat. biog. Apologetics. Taiwan. Oswald. https://archive.org/details/historicalgeogr00psal Free eBook from the Internet Archive https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24341352M Additional information and access via Open Library historicalgeogr00psal ark:/13960/t8gf1jb09