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CW 262 Giles, H. A., Annual Report On The Trade Of North Formosa 1886-1909, Of South Formosa 1887-1909, Of The Island Of Formosa 1910 -1914 (台灣貿易年度報告1886-1914). Foreign Office Annual Series, Diplomatic and Consular Report on Trade and Finance, Edited at the Foreign Office and Board of Trade of the United Kingdom. (London) 3 vols. 4711871496521 3,360
These annual reports contain specific information by commodity concerning trade and commerce in Formosa by all nationalities. The data is presented in both narrative and tabular forms, with occasional maps. The principal ports included are Tamsui ana Keeluig in the north, and Tainan district in the South. Annual observations on local activity affecting trade and commerce, plus assessments of future prospects, form an integral part of each report.
CW 263 Foley, F. J. The Great Formosan Impostor (台灣大騙徒). (St.Louis University: 1968) 4711871496538 990
A careful study of the life of a born impostor known as George Psalamanazar (1679-1763) who wrote. An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa in 1704, a best seller in London, and who also passed himself off to the elite of Europe as a Formosan prince, until he was ultimately exposed and discredited. On the basis of painstaking documentary research the author separates fact and fiction in the life and works of his subject, the most important source being the Memoirs of Psalamanazar. Examples of the subjects own script, thirteen personal letters and a hitherto unpublished essay are published in full for the first time in the appendices.