The History of Ceylon, from the Earliest Period to the Year MDCCCXV: To Which is Subjoined, Robert Knox's Historical Relation of the Island (Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History) - Softcover

Philalethes, A. M.; Knox, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 110804655X ISBN 13: 9781108046558

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

This 1817 book by 'A. M. Philalethes' traces the history of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from the classical period to 1815, providing details of the religion, laws and manners of the people. An appendix contains an account, originally published in 1681, by Robert Knox (1641–1720) of his nearly twenty-year captivity on the island. The identity of the pseudonymous 'Philalethes' is not certain: he may have been Robert Fellowes (1770–1847), who, however, never visited Ceylon, or the Revd G. Bissett, who did. The book, which includes topographical notes and a collection of moral maxims and ancient proverbs, begins with classical accounts of the Island of Ceylon by Ptolemy, among others, and moves from this 'imperfect acquaintance with this remote region' to Knox's 'lively picture of the state of the country and manners of the people' which, according to 'Philalethes', was among the most important possessions of Great Britain.

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This 1817 book by 'A.M. Philalethes' traces the history of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from the classical period to 1815, providing details of the religion, laws and manners of the people. An appendix contains an account, originally published in 1681, by Robert Knox of his nearly twenty-year captivity on the island.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 110804655X
• ISBN 13: 9781108046558
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 798