Nineteen Years' Captivity In The Highlands Of Ceylon:- March 1660 - October 1679 Robert Knox From The Original Edition Of An Historical Relations, Edn, 1681

About the Book:-Being a short description by this famous prisoner, this book gives the details of the author captivity, and the affairs that he was involved in during his captivity, between 1660 to 1679, in the kingdom of Conde Uda, located in the highlands of Ceylon, during the reign of Raja Singha II. Even though he was a prisoner, he was at some liberty to collate notices of the general description of the island and of the people. He further gives the reasons of his dentition, the different places he was imprisoned, the political intrigues, his meetings with missionaries, etc. This book is the second, but unconnected, volume in a set of two, dealing with voyages during the 16th and 17th centuries, and begins with a short summary of the voyage of J. H. van Linschoten. He was made prisoner with his son and died in 1660, leaving his unfortunate boy to grow to middle age in captivity. The latter, miserable as he usually was, employed his time admirably in observing and recording native customs, natural features, and recent Singhalese tradition. This work is a reprint of the 1902 edition. About the Author:-Robert Knox (1641 – 1720) was an English sea captain in the service of the British East India Company. He was the son of another sea captain, also named Robert Knox. Born at Tower Hill in London, the young Knox spent most of his childhood in Surrey and was taught by James Fleetwood, later the Bishop of Winchester. He joined his father's crew on the ship Anne for his first voyage to India in 1655, at the age of 14, before returning to England in 1657. That year, Oliver Cromwell issued a charter granting the East India Company a monopoly of the Eastern trade, requiring the elder Knox and his crew to join the service of the Company. The Title 'Nineteen Years' Captivity In The Highlands Of Ceylon:- March 1660 - October 1679 Robert Knox From The Original Edition Of An Historical Relations, Edn, 1681 written/authored/edited by Robert Knox', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121238212 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 157 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-