MEMOIRS of * * * *
Commonly known by the Name of
GEORGE PSALMANAZAR;
A
Reputed Native of FORMOSA.
Written by himself
In order to be published after his Death.
CONTAINING
An Account of his Education, Travels, Adventures,
Connection, Literary Productions, and pretended
Conversion from Heathenism to Christianity; which
last proved the Occasion of his being brought over
into this Kingdom, and passing for a Proselyte, and
A Member of the Church of England.
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LONDON
PRINTED FOR THE EXECUTRIX.
Sold by R. Davis , in Picadilly; J. Newbery, in St.
Paul's Church-Yard; L. Davis, and C. Reymers
in Holborn.
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The Memoirs of Psalmanazar
No FicciónIn 1703 a man appeared in England calling himself George Psalmanazar and claiming to be a native of Formosa (nowadays called Taiwan). He sustained this pretence by publishing a book, An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa, an Island s...
