History of Ceylon, from the Earliest Period to the Year MDCCCXV

This 1817 book by 'A.M. Philalethes' traces the history of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from the classical period to 1815, providing details of the religion, laws and manners of the people. An appendix contains an account, originally published in 1681, by Robert Knox of his nearly twenty-year captivity on the island.