Frontispiece to The Memoirs of ****, Commonly known by the Name of George Psalmanazar; a Reputed Native of Formosa (1764).
Featured on PDR in the essay Made in Taiwan? How a Frenchman Fooled 18th-Century London
Benjamin Breen on the remarkable story of George Psalmanazar, the mysterious Frenchman who successfully posed as a native of Formosa (now modern Taiwan) and gave birth to a meticulously fabricated culture with bizarre customs, exotic fashions, and its own invented language.
Also appearing in the essay…
Mr. George Psalmanazar
Date
1764
From
The Memoirs of ****, Commonly known by the Name of George Psalmanazar; a Reputed Native of Formosa
