Ceylon: A General Description of the Island, Historical, Physical, Statistical. Containing the Most Recent Information, Volume 1 |
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Adam's Peak alluding ancient appears Arab Arabian Archipelago arrived Asiatic Báhu Baldæus Barboso Batticaloa Bengal Brahmins Buddhist called Cape Comorin century Ceylon chief China Chinese cinnamon coast cocoa-nut Colombo contains coral Coromandel Coromandel coast Cosmas described Dutch East eastern Edrisi elephants feet formed Galle gems gneiss gold governor Hindu Hist Ibn Batuta India inhabitants island J. A. S. Beng Jaffna jungle junks Kalah Kandy Kandyan king land Lanka Mahawanso Mahometans Malabar Malay Maldives Manaar Marco Polo mentions merchants miles monsoon Moors mountain natives obtained ocean Periplus Persian Pliny port Portugal Portuguese Prakrama prince probably Ptolemy quoted Raja Rajavali reign Reinaud remarkable resembling Ribeyro rice river rock rubies sailed Sanskrit says sent Serendib ships shore Singha Sinhalese Southern India Sumatra supposed Tamil Taprobane Tennent trade translation traveller trees Trincomalee Turnour Valentyn Veddahs vessels Vide ch voyage Wijayo