George Psalmanazar: The Man From Nowhere | Personage Non Grata

The name George Psalmanazar is not one you'll find in most history books.

You'll only find it in his own Memories, a brief reference in Jonathan Swift's a Modest Proposal, and a few other scant sources. But who was this mysterious man who emerged from nothing? A European who became the first Formosan in Europe.

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Sources:
-Psalmanazar, George, Memoirs of ***. Commonly known by the Name of George Psalmanazar a reputed Native of Formosa, London: Davis, 1765.
-Psalmanazar, George. An Enquiry into the Objections against George Psalmanaazaar of Formosa. B. Lintott, 1710.
-Psalmanazar, George. An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa. D. Brown, 1704.
-Keevak, Michael. The Pretended Asian: George Psalmanazar's Eighteenth-Century Formosan Hoax. Wayne State University Press, 2004.
-Eilon, Daniel. (2008). GULLIVER'S FELLOW‐TRAVELLER PSALMANAAZAAR. Journal for Eighteenth‐Century Studies. 8. 173 - 178. 10.1111/j.1754-0208.1985.tb00108.x.
-Shufelt, John. (2005). The trickster as an instrument of enlightenment: George Psalmanazar and the writings of Jonathan Swift. History of European Ideas. 31. 147-171. 10.1016/j.histeuroideas.2003.11.004.
-McLeod, Kembrew. “The Fake 'Asian' Who Fooled 18th-Century London.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 22 Apr. 2014,
www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/04/london-forgotten-aryan-asian-fraudster/361035/.
-Breen, Benjamin. “Made in Taiwan?: An Eighteenth-Century Frenchman’s Fictional Formosa.” Made in Taiwan?: An Eighteenth-Century Frenchman's Fictional Formosa-The Appendix, The Appendix, 29 Oct. 2013, theappendix.net/issues/2013/10/made-in-taiwan-an-eighteenth-century-frenchmans-fictional-formosa.
-“Forging a Collection.” University of Delaware Library, University of Delaware, 21 Dec. 2018, www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/forgery/psalm.htm.

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