François Valentijn's description of Ceylon
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François Valentijn's description of Ceylon
（Works / issued by the Hakluyt Society, 2nd ser.,
Hakluyt Society, 1978
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Oud en nieuw oost-Indien
Description of Ceylon
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Originally published in 1726 as the section dealing with Ceylon in vol. 5, pt. 1 of Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën
Bibliography: p. 375-379
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
[Sinnappah Arasaratnam] Valentijn sailed from Holland in the service of the East India Company in 1685, when he was just 19. From then on he kept a record, ultimately Old and New East Indies, which is a primary source of information on parts of maritime Asia. This volume covers the part dealing with Ceylon, with substantial sections devoted to geography, topography, society, natural history and the record of historical tradition. There is also an almost contemporaneous account of the Dutch conquest of the island.
Table of Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS, PREFACE, ABBREVIATIONS, INTRODUCTION, A NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION, THE TEXT, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX
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