An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies
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Robert Knox spent nearly twenty years as a captive on Ceylon, and his account of the island, with figures and a map, was printed in London in 1681. The title page promises a description of the country, an account of how he and other Englishmen were kept there, and the story of his escape. The East India Company's Court of Committees judged his account worthy of credit and encouraged him to make it public.
Knox, an Englishman in the Company's service, was held in the Kandyan kingdom of the island's interior.
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- Author
- Robert Knox
- Reading time
- About 9 hours
- Pages
- 254
- Language
- English
- Genre
- History
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