Download or read book Ceylon written by Horatio John Sucklin and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Ceylon written by Horatio John Suckling and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ceylon written by Horatio John Suckling and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ceylon written by Horatio John Suckling and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Download or read book Ceylon written by Horatio John Suckling and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ceylon a General Description of the Island Historical Physical Statistical written by Sir James Emerson Tennent and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ceylon A general description of the island historical physical statistical By an Officer late of the Ceylon Rifles The preface is signed H S i e Horatio John Suckling With a map written by H. s and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Ceylon a General Description of the Island Historical Physical Statistical Containing the Most Recent Information By an Oficier Late of the Ceylon Rifles With a Map written by and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ceylon A General Description of the Island Historical Physical Statistical Containing the Most Recent Information written by Horatio John Suckling and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-06-23 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Download or read book Ceylon Vol 1 of 2 written by Horatio John Suckling and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-24 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ceylon, Vol. 1 of 2: A General Description of the Island, Historical, Physical, Statistical; Containing the Most Recent Information Some years ago there was a figure of a cock sculptured on a building in Galle, the work of either the Portuguese or Dutch. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Ceylon Vol 2 of 2 written by Horatio John Suckling and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ceylon, Vol. 2 of 2: A General Description of the Island, Historical, Physical, Statistical; Containing the Most Recent Information Davy, in 1819, and subsequently a party of officers on an elephant-shooting excursion, about the year 1826. On their return to Colombo, General Barnes, the governor, was so much taken by their account of the Climate that he decided to form a sanatarium there, and opened a road to it from Kandy in 1829. Sir E. Tennent appears to have overlooked Dr. Davy's statement that he visited the valley in 1819, when he wrote, The first visit of Europeans to this lofty plateau was made by some officers, who, in 1826, penetrated so far in pursuit of elephants (ii. The soil in many places is black and swampy, and gems are found at the end of the valley near the road to Badulla, and searching for them is an occasional amusement with visitors, but none of any value are ever found. There is a great deal of Nillo underwood in the jungles, a species of Strobilanthes and a septennial. The seeds are eagerly sought after by rats and jungle fowl, who migrate to the neighbourhood to eat them, the latter affording capital sport while it lasts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon written by Arnold Wright and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 1999 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chiefly covers the 19th-20th centuries.
Download or read book Ceylon and the Portuguese 1505 1658 written by Paulus Edward Pieris and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 1999 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story Of The Portuguese In Ceylon Is Of More Than Local Interest, For It Depicts For Us A Characteristic Phase Of The Beginning Of European Expansion In The East. A Hundred And Fifty Three Years After The Portuguese First Landed In Ceylon They Were Expelled From The Country, Leaving The Gloomy Word Failure Writ Large Over All Their Actions. That However Was Not All, For They Left The Sinhalese A Broken Race, With Their Ancient Civilization Brought Ot The Verge Of Ruin, And Their Scheme Of Life Well-Nigh Destroyed.
Download or read book Literature of Travel and Exploration written by Jennifer Speake and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 1425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.
