The History of Ceylon, from the Earliest Period to the Year MDCCCXV To Which is Subjoined, Robert Knox's Historical Relation of the Island
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- The History of Ceylon, from the Earliest Period to the Year MDCCCXV
- Preface
- Contents
- THE HISTORY OF CEYLON, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE YEAR 1815
- CHAP. I
- CHAP. II
- CHAP. III
- CHAP. IV
- CHAP. V
- CHAP. VI
- CHAP. VII
- CHAP. VIII
- CHAP. IX
- CHAP. X
- CHAP. XI
- CHAP. XII
- CHAP. XIII
- CHAP. XIV
- CHAP. XV
- CHAP. XVI
- CHAP. XVII
- CHAP. XVIII
- CHAP. XIX
- CHAP. XX
- CHAP. XXI
- CHAP. XXII
- CHAP. XXIII
- CHAP. XXIV
- CHAP. XXV
- CHAP. XXVI
- CHAP. XXVII
- CHAP. XXVIII
- CHAP. XXIX
- CHAP. XXX
- CHAP. XXXI
- CHAP. XXXII
- CHAP. XXXIII
- CHAP. XXXIV
- CHAP. XXXV
- CHAP. XXXVI
- CHAP. XXXVII
- CHAP. XXXVIII
- CHAP. XXXIX
- CHAP. XL
- CHAP. XLI
- CHAP. XLII
- CHAP. XLIII
- CHAP. XLIV
- CHAP. XLV
- CHAP. XLVI
- CHAP. XLVII
- CHAP. XLVIII
- CHAP. XLIX
- CHAP. L
- CHAP. LI
- CHAP. LII
- CHAP. LIII
- CHAP. LIV
- CHAP. LV
- CHAP. LVI
- CHAP. LVII
- PART I CONTENTS TO KNOX'S HISTORY
- PART II
- PART III
- PART IV
- CHAP. I Of the reason of our going to Ceylon, and detainment there
- CHAP. II How we were carried up the country, and disposed of there, and of the sickness, sorrrow, and death of the captain
- CHAP. III How I lived after my father's death, and of the condition of the rest of the English; and how it fared with them; and of our interview
- CHAP. IV Concerning some other Englishmen detained in that country
- CHAP. V Concerning the means that were used for our deliverance, and what happened to us in the rebellion, and how we were settled afterwards
- CHAP. VI A continuation of the author's condition after the rebellion. Purchaseth a piece of land
- CHAP. VII A return to the rest of the English, with some further accounts of them, and some further discourse of the author's course of life
- CHAP. VIII How the author had like to have been received into the king's service, and what means he used to avoid it. He meditates and attempts an escape, but is often prevented
- CHAP. IX How the author began his escape, and got onward of his way about an hundred miles
- CHAP. X The author's progress in his flight from Anarodgburro, into the woods, until their arrival in the Malabars country
- CHAP. XI Being in the Malabar territories, how they encountered two men, and what passed between them. And of their getting safe unto the Dutch fort. And their reception there, and at the Island Manaar, until their embarking for Columbo
- CHAP. XII Their arrival at Columbo, and entertainment there; their departure thence to Batavia, and from thence to Bantam, whence they set sail for England
- CHAP. XIII Concerning some other nations, and chiefly Europeans, that now live in this island. Portugueze, Dutch
CHAP. XII - Their arrival at Columbo, and entertainment there; their departure thence to Batavia, and from thence to Bantam, whence they set sail for England
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- The History of Ceylon, from the Earliest Period to the Year MDCCCXV
- Preface
- Contents
- THE HISTORY OF CEYLON, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE YEAR 1815
- CHAP. I
- CHAP. II
- CHAP. III
- CHAP. IV
- CHAP. V
- CHAP. VI
- CHAP. VII
- CHAP. VIII
- CHAP. IX
- CHAP. X
- CHAP. XI
- CHAP. XII
- CHAP. XIII
- CHAP. XIV
- CHAP. XV
- CHAP. XVI
- CHAP. XVII
- CHAP. XVIII
- CHAP. XIX
- CHAP. XX
- CHAP. XXI
- CHAP. XXII
- CHAP. XXIII
- CHAP. XXIV
- CHAP. XXV
- CHAP. XXVI
- CHAP. XXVII
- CHAP. XXVIII
- CHAP. XXIX
- CHAP. XXX
- CHAP. XXXI
- CHAP. XXXII
- CHAP. XXXIII
- CHAP. XXXIV
- CHAP. XXXV
- CHAP. XXXVI
- CHAP. XXXVII
- CHAP. XXXVIII
- CHAP. XXXIX
- CHAP. XL
- CHAP. XLI
- CHAP. XLII
- CHAP. XLIII
- CHAP. XLIV
- CHAP. XLV
- CHAP. XLVI
- CHAP. XLVII
- CHAP. XLVIII
- CHAP. XLIX
- CHAP. L
- CHAP. LI
- CHAP. LII
- CHAP. LIII
- CHAP. LIV
- CHAP. LV
- CHAP. LVI
- CHAP. LVII
- PART I CONTENTS TO KNOX'S HISTORY
- PART II
- PART III
- PART IV
- CHAP. I Of the reason of our going to Ceylon, and detainment there
- CHAP. II How we were carried up the country, and disposed of there, and of the sickness, sorrrow, and death of the captain
- CHAP. III How I lived after my father's death, and of the condition of the rest of the English; and how it fared with them; and of our interview
- CHAP. IV Concerning some other Englishmen detained in that country
- CHAP. V Concerning the means that were used for our deliverance, and what happened to us in the rebellion, and how we were settled afterwards
- CHAP. VI A continuation of the author's condition after the rebellion. Purchaseth a piece of land
- CHAP. VII A return to the rest of the English, with some further accounts of them, and some further discourse of the author's course of life
- CHAP. VIII How the author had like to have been received into the king's service, and what means he used to avoid it. He meditates and attempts an escape, but is often prevented
- CHAP. IX How the author began his escape, and got onward of his way about an hundred miles
- CHAP. X The author's progress in his flight from Anarodgburro, into the woods, until their arrival in the Malabars country
- CHAP. XI Being in the Malabar territories, how they encountered two men, and what passed between them. And of their getting safe unto the Dutch fort. And their reception there, and at the Island Manaar, until their embarking for Columbo
- CHAP. XII Their arrival at Columbo, and entertainment there; their departure thence to Batavia, and from thence to Bantam, whence they set sail for England
- CHAP. XIII Concerning some other nations, and chiefly Europeans, that now live in this island. Portugueze, Dutch
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- The History of Ceylon, from the Earliest Period to the Year MDCCCXVTo Which is Subjoined, Robert Knox's Historical Relation of the Island, pp. 731 - 740Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012First published in: 1817