The Blonde-Haired, Blue-Eyed “Formosan” Who Fooled Great Britain

George Psalmanazar convinced people he was from Formosa and his phony book about the island became a best-seller

Title page of Psalmanazar’s book and his invented Formosan alphabet (Source: Archive.org)

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