Titel
Relation ou voyage de l'Isle de Ceylan dans les Indes Orientales
Schrijver
Knox, Robert
Taal
Frans
Uitgever
Paul Marret, Amsterdam 1693, first edition in French
Prijs
€ 580,00(Excl. verzendkosten)
Bijzonderheden
Large 12mo,10x16 cm, vellum. 2 volumes in 1. (22), 218, (6), 180 (28) pages
Meer info
Engraved frontispiece (frayed), one folding engraved map of Ceylan (36x27cm) with large repaired tear, 17 engraved plates (13 folding, 3 with repaired tears, creases). 2 small private stamps. Good condition.
"contenant une description exacte de cette Ile, la forme de son gouvernement, le commerce, les moeurs, les coutûmes, la religion de ses habitants: avec un récit de la captivité de l'auteur et de divers autres Anglois, et de sa délivrance après vingt années d'esclavage." Knox was the son of Robert Knox, a sea-captain in the service of the English East India Company. In 1659 Robert senior was returning home from his post with the Company at Fort St George (Madras), accompanied by his son, when a storm forced their ship, the 'Ann', into Cottier Bay, Ceylon. They were taken prisoner with the rest of the crew by the Sultan of Ceylon. After twenty years escaped with one companion in 1679 and reached Arippu, a Dutch settlement on the north-west coast of the island. In 1681 Knox wrote an account of his experiences, 'An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies', accompanied by engravings showing the inhabitants, their customs and agricultural techniques. First English report of "ganga": Indian hemp or cannabis. Nice condition.
"contenant une description exacte de cette Ile, la forme de son gouvernement, le commerce, les moeurs, les coutûmes, la religion de ses habitants: avec un récit de la captivité de l'auteur et de divers autres Anglois, et de sa délivrance après vingt années d'esclavage." Knox was the son of Robert Knox, a sea-captain in the service of the English East India Company. In 1659 Robert senior was returning home from his post with the Company at Fort St George (Madras), accompanied by his son, when a storm forced their ship, the 'Ann', into Cottier Bay, Ceylon. They were taken prisoner with the rest of the crew by the Sultan of Ceylon. After twenty years escaped with one companion in 1679 and reached Arippu, a Dutch settlement on the north-west coast of the island. In 1681 Knox wrote an account of his experiences, 'An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies', accompanied by engravings showing the inhabitants, their customs and agricultural techniques. First English report of "ganga": Indian hemp or cannabis. Nice condition.
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