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; 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. To which is prefix'd a preface in vindication of himself from the reflections of a Jesuit lately come from China, with an account of what passed between them /
by George Psalmanaazaar, a native of the said island, now in London.
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English
- Published
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London : Robert Holden & Co., 1926
- Note
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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 Verenius's 'Descriptio regni Japoniæ et Siam' (Amsterdam, 1649) or Candidius's 'Voyages'."--Dict. nat. biog
"This edition is limited to 750 copies in England and the United States of America"--Half-title leaf verso
- Physical Description
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xlviii, 288 p., 16 leaves of plates :
ill. ;
25 cm.
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