Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies: Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and divers other Englishmen now Living there, and of the Author’s Miraculous Escape exemplars.
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Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies: Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and divers other Englishmen now Living there, and of the Author’s Miraculous Escape [electronic resource] exemplars. |
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| Format: | Physical Object |
| Language: | English |
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[S.l.] :
Printed by Richard Chiswell,
1681.
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SOAS Digital Library.
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies: Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and divers other Englishmen now Living there, and of the Author’s Miraculous Escape |h [electronic resource] |b exemplars. |
| 260 | |a [S.l.] : |b Printed by Richard Chiswell, |c 1681. | ||
| 490 | |a Objects of instruction : treasures of SOAS. | ||
| 500 | |a Originally imaged for the 'Objects of instruction : the treasures of SOAS' exhibition, funded through a generous gift from the Foyle Foundation and with the support of the Arts & Humanities Research Council. This item, though imaged, was not exhibited. | ||
| 500 | |a 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.) | ||
| 500 | |a VIAF (name authority) : Knox, Robert, 1640?-1720 : 30383468 | ||
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. |b London : |c SOAS, University of London, |d 2015. |f (SOAS Digital Library) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a British -- Sri Lanka -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sri Lanka -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sri Lanka -- Social life and customs -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. | |
| 650 | |a ஆப்பிரிக்கா -- இலங்கை. | ||
| 650 | |a අප්රිකාව -- ශ්රී ලංකා. | ||
| 720 | 1 | |a Knox, Robert, 1640?-1720. | |
| 752 | |a Sri Lanka. | ||
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| 830 | 0 | |a ISOAS. | |
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