Reize door het Aapenland

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Reize door het Aapenland is a Dutch fictional travel report written in 1788 by either Pieter 't Hoen or Gerrit Paape^[1]^[2] under the pseudonym J.A. Schasz.

[edit] Plot

The protagonist, J.A. Schasz, strands on an island inhabited by monkeys, each one numbered by importance. The monkeys mistakenly think that Schasz is a returned primate citizen who has managed to achieve the status of human being. Hereafter, a large portion of the monkeys want to look more like humans, by means of amputating their tails.