Execution by an eliphant.
Execution by an elephant.
Robert Knox sailed aboard the English East India Company ship Ann captained by his father, Robert Knox Sr. Returning from Fort St George (Madras), a storm stranded them in November 1659 near Kottiar Bay in Sri Lanka, where they were detained by King Rajasinghe II of Kandy. Knox Jr’s stay in the king...
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Execution by an eliphant. [electronic resource]. |
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Execution by an elephant. |
| Other authors: | Knox, Robert, 1640?-1720. |
| Format: | Physical Object |
| Language: | English |
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1681.
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SOAS Digital Library.
REGIONS. FORMATS. ARTE. RAFR. ISOAS. IBRUNEI. |
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Robert Knox sailed aboard the English East India Company ship Ann captained by his father, Robert Knox Sr. Returning from Fort St George (Madras), a storm stranded them in November 1659 near Kottiar Bay in Sri Lanka, where they were detained by King Rajasinghe II of Kandy. Knox Jr’s stay in the kingdom lasted 19 years, and he recorded his time there in this book which also gives details of the country and its inhabitants. He and a companion escaped in 1679 through Dutch territory, reaching London in September 1680. -- The book has an introduction by Robert Hooke, a founder member of the Royal Society in London. (Text by Tom Tomlinson, from the exhibition catalogue: Objects of instruction : treasures of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Anna Contadini, Editor. London : SOAS, University of London, 2007.) |
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| Other authors: | Knox, Robert, 1640?-1720. |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
1681.
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| Series: |
SOAS Digital Library.
REGIONS. FORMATS. ARTE. RAFR. ISOAS. IBRUNEI. |