Ceylon an account of the island, physical, historical, and topographical with notices of its natural history, antiquities and productions (Volume I)
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
30.03.2019
Verlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
716
Maße (L/B/H)
21.6/14/4.2 cm
Gewicht
993 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5360-624-4
A vanished island world, recorded at the height of the British Empire and the dawn of modern scholarship. Ceylon emerges in vivid detail. In this landmark nineteenth century travelogue, Sir James Emerson Tennent blends colonial era travel narrative with the discipline of a historical geography reference book. Drawing on his years in the British Ceylon period, he surveys the island's physical form, climate and coasts, then ranges back through Ceylon colonial history and earlier civilisations, always attentive to the natural history of Ceylon, its forests, fauna, crops and minerals. Volume I also traces the settlements, sacred sites and changing frontiers that shaped 19th century Sri Lanka, offering an exacting portrait of the topography and antiquities of Ceylon at a pivotal moment in its past. Celebrated as one of the great works of Victorian travel writing and long valued as a sourcebook for Sri Lanka studies, Tennent's account stands among the essential British Empire travel classics and any serious classic Ceylon travel collection. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Ideal for armchair travellers, historians, naturalists and bibliophiles seeking a richly observed window onto Ceylon before the modern era.
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