Baron Munchausen (pron. Moohnkowʹ-zn)

Said to be a satire on Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller, to whom the work was dedicated. The author was Raspè, a German fugitive from the officers of justice, living in Cornwall (1785). The chief incidents were compiled from various sources, such as the Mendaʹcia Ridicʹula of J. P. Lange; Lucian’s True History of Things Discovered in the Moon: Raoelais; and the Folheʹto de Ambas Lisʹboa.