<p><i>Description De # Formosa En Asie</i> offre une exploration d&eacute;taill&eacute;e de l'île de Formose (Taiwan) au d&eacute;but du XVIIIe si&egrave;cle. Attribu&eacute; &agrave; George Psalmanazar et annot&eacute; par R. N. F. D. B. cet ouvrage pr&eacute;tend d&eacute;crire le gouvernement les coutumes et la religion des habitants de l'île. </p><p>Bien que bas&eacute; sur des informations de seconde main et des interpr&eacute;tations parfois inexactes le livre offre un aperçu fascinant des perceptions europ&eacute;ennes de l'Asie et des cultures non occidentales &agrave; l'&eacute;poque des Lumi&egrave;res. Il inclut une relation ample et exacte des voyages dans cette r&eacute;gion lointaine capturant l'imagination du public europ&eacute;en avec des d&eacute;tails exotiques et des observations culturelles. Cette description reste une ressource pr&eacute;cieuse pour comprendre l'histoire de la sinologie et les &eacute;changes culturels entre l'Europe et l'Asie.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>