An 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 Knox, Robert 1640?-1720 creator text utu 2004 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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. Original publication data not identified Sri Lanka -- Social life and customs Sri Lanka -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 DS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14346 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14346 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133334.0 14346