An historical and geographical description of Formosa [microform] : an island subject to the Emperor...
An historical and geographical description of Formosa [microform] : 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 ...
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London : Printed for Dan. Brown [and 3 others], 1704.
Date
1704.
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T/RAV/FM4/2
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English
Latin
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Physical content
[8], xiv, [2], 131 [i.e. 331], [5] p., [16] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill.
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Publisher
London : Printed for Dan. Brown [and 3 others], 1704.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1704.
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Available online via The Making of the Modern World.
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An historical and geographical description of Formosa [microform] : 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 Psa...
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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.
Includes the alphabet of and texts in the "Formosan" language.
Citation / References Note
Goldsmiths' Lib. cat., 4044.
Reproduction note
Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, [1974]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature ; no. 4044).
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T/RAV/FM4/2
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74Vvq7Ra4JjO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvq7Ra4JjO
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991006185699702626
