An Account Of The Island Of Ceylon Containing Its History, Geography, Natural History, With The Manners And Customs Of Its Various Inhabitants

About the Book: - Containing its History, Geography, Natural history, manners and customs of its various inhabitants (1797-1800). This book is a 1803 edition that aims to describe and various aspects of Ceylon. It has 18 chapters that describe its History, Geography, Natural History and also has observations on the Manners and Customs oft the inhabitants. Further more it has notices on various cities that the author visited and also the vegetables and staple spices. Towards the end of the work there is a journal of an embassy to the court of Kandy in 1800. About the Author: - Robert Percival (or Perceval), English traveller and writer, joined the army and, as a captain in the 18th Regiment of Infantry, took part in the first British occupation of the Cape of Good Hope in 1795. Serving under General Craig he led the attack on the fortifications at Muizenberg and became the first British officer to reach Cape Town. He spent some time at the Cape and paid a return visit in 1801. Subsequently he published An account of the Cape of Good Hope. (London, 1804, 339 pp), dealing with the history, politics, geography, products, and inhabitants of the colony. Though the book contains much information, it is confined to the region within about 80 km of Cape Town and is not always reliable. German and French translations were published in 1805 and 1806 respectively. Percival also visited Ceylon from 1897 and wrote An account of the island of Ceylon. (2nd ed., London, 1805), covering the same topics as in his book on the Cape. This work too was translated into German and French. The Title 'An Account Of The Island Of Ceylon Containing Its History, Geography, Natural History, With The Manners And Customs Of Its Various Inhabitants written/authored/edited by Robert Percival', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121230131 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 438 (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:-