01882cam a22003253u 4500 14346 UtSlPG 20260610133334.0 m cr n 260607r2004||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 DS Knox, Robert, 1640?-1720 An 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 Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2004 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Historical_Relation_of_the_Island_Ceylon Release date is 2004-12-13 Produced by Michael Ciesielski, Jeroen Hellingman, and the PG Distributed Proofreaders Team. "An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies" by Robert Knox is a book written in 1681. It recounts Knox's nineteen years as a prisoner in the Kingdom of Kandy after being captured during a trading voyage. Written during his return journey to England, the book offers detailed observations of Sinhalese life, customs, and society in seventeenth-century Sri Lanka. Its direct, practical style influenced Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe" and helped shape the development of the English novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Sri Lanka -- Social life and customs Sri Lanka -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14346 55734 55734