An Account of the Interior of Ceylon, and of Its Inhabitants
Author : John Davy
Publisher :
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 27,11 MB
Release : 1821
Category : Sri Lanka
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Author : John Davy
Publisher :
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 27,11 MB
Release : 1821
Category : Sri Lanka
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Author : Robert Knox
Publisher :
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 30,30 MB
Release : 1681
Category : British
ISBN :
Robert Knox was travelling with his father in 1659 on the latter's journey homeward from his post with the British East India Company at Fort St. George when a storm obliged their ship to put into Cottier Bay, Ceylon. The two were detained as prisoners along with 14 others, and carried into the interior of the island. Knox's father died in 1661, but Knox himself remained a prisoner at large for over 19 years, supporting himself by knitting caps, lending out corn and rice, and hawking goods about the country. Though the rajah pressed him to enter his service, Knox resisted, and finally escaped to the Dutch settlement at Arippu on the north-west of the island. Reaching England in 1680, he entrusted the manuscript of this account to Robert Hooke, and enlisted in the East India Company, for further adventures in an already adventuresome life. These engravings include depictions of agricultural techniques, two native primates, customs and costumes and an execution being carried out by an elephant.
Author : Robert Knox
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 45,26 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Sri Lanka
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Author : Henry Trimen
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,68 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Botany
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Author : Richard Gerald Anthonisz
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,85 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9788120618459
The book, in the words of the author, is his attempt to fulfill a long felt want of a complete, yet concise, account of the Dutch occupation of Ceylon 1640 to 1796. It is essentially a history of the Dutch people who came to the island, among which are included Joris van Spilbergan, Sebald de Weerd, Coster, Boreel, Francois Caron Maatzuyketo, Thysz, Kittensteyn, Van der Meiden, Hulft, etc. Through out the book valuable information is given about the political conditions and about the Dutch interactions with the Singhalese. Details of treaties and skirmishes are provided. The Dutch engagements with the Portuguese are also noticed. The book has a map of Ceylon and 12 other illustrations that portray key fingers and events.The book is a reprint of the 1929 edition.
Author : Henry Marshall
Publisher :
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 12,72 MB
Release : 1846
Category : Sri Lanka
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Author : Paul Edward Pieris
Publisher :
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 25,11 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Portuguese
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Author : Cherry Briggs
Publisher : Summersdale
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 49,33 MB
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 085765926X
The Teardrop Island follows in the footsteps of the eccentric Victorian James Emerson Tennent, along a route which takes Cherry to pilgrimage trails, tea estates, and rural regions inhabited by indigenous tribes, and through areas of the former warzone, delving under the surface of the contemporary culture via cricket matches and fortune tellers.
Author : Somerset Playne
Publisher :
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 12,3 MB
Release : 1915
Category : India
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Author : A. M. Philalethes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 799 pages
File Size : 32,84 MB
Release : 2012-05-17
Category : History
ISBN : 110804655X
This 1817 book traces the history of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from the classical period to 1815.