An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies Illustrated Edition

Author : Robert Knox
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Total Pages : 260 pages
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Download or read book An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies written by Robert Knox and published by . This book was released on 1681 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
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ISBN 13 : 9781406529340
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Download or read book An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) written by Robert Knox and published by . This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account by John Knox, the English sea captain in the service of the British East India Company. Knox and his father were driven ashore on Ceylon, now Sri Lanka in a storm in 1659 while on their way home from Fort St. George (now Madras). They were captured in the name of the King of Kandy near Mooduthora (Mutur), Trincomalee. Knox eventually escaped with one companion after nineteen years of captivity. This book is one of the earliest and most detailed European accounts of life on Ceylon.

Author : Robert Knox
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Total Pages : 584 pages
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Download or read book An Historical Relation of Ceylon written by Robert Knox and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon written by Robert Knox and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Knox
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Total Pages : 257 pages
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Download or read book An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies written by Robert Knox and published by . This book was released on 1681 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies written by Robert Knox and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Knox's book, 'An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies', is an important contemporary account of Sri Lankan life in the 17th century. Knox's direct and idiomatic language is influential to the development of the English novel, and his vivid descriptions of Sinhalese topography, economic and social life, and cultural characteristics provide a valuable source for the economic history and anthropology of Ceylon during this period. The book is divided into four parts, with the first three detailing the Kingdom of Kandy and the final part depicting Knox's escape from captivity. Knox portrays himself as a practical, self-sufficient, and resilient individual, similar to Defoe's shipwrecked mariner.

Author : Bombay Natural History Society
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Total Pages : 1574 pages
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Download or read book The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society written by Bombay Natural History Society and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Katherine Frank
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1639360271
Total Pages : 350 pages
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Download or read book Crusoe written by Katherine Frank and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is January 1719 and Daniel Defoe, almost sixty, sits at a table, writing. He is troubled with gout and debt, but for now is preoccupied with a younger man on a barren shore – Robinson Crusoe, for which he will principally be remembered. Several miles south, an old man, Robert Knox, is bent over a heavy volume. It is Historical Relation, his account of being held captive on Ceylon, published forty years ago after he escaped and returned to England. It has long been out of print, but a copy perhaps sits on the desk of Daniel Defoe as he writes. Where did Crusoe come from? And what is the secret of his endurance? Crusoe explores the intertwined lives of two real men – Daniel Defoe and Robert Knox – and the character and book that emerged from their peculiar conjunction. It is the biography of a book and its hero, the story of Defoe, the man who wrote Robinson Crusoe, and of Robert Knox, the man who was Crusoe.

Author : Robert Percival
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282387532
Total Pages : 440 pages
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Download or read book An Account of the Island of Ceylon, Containing Its History, Geography, Natural History, with the Manners and Customs of Its Various Inhabitants written by Robert Percival and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Account of the Island of Ceylon, Containing Its History, Geography, Natural History, With the Manners and Customs of Its Various Inhabitants: To Which Is Added, the Journal of an Embassy to the Court of Candy; Illustrated by a Map and Charts From the Observations I then made, I am enabled to affirm that its retention in our hands must prove Of the greatest benefit to our East India trade, and our commerce in general; and is in this view a measure which must reflect the highest honour on the wisdom of his Majesty's Councils. From the period of my arrival with his Majesty's lgth regt. On the island Of Ceylon shortly after its capture, I endeavoured, during my few leisure moments from military duty, to Obtain as much useful information as an Officer in my situation had it in his power to collect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Maggs Bros
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Total Pages : 248 pages
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Download or read book America and the East written by Maggs Bros and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: