An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East-Indies

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An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East-Indies is a 17th-century travel narrative and ethnographic account by Robert Knox detailing his captivity and observations of the people, culture, and geography of Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century work ⓘ
book ⓘ
ethnographic account ⓘ
travel narrative ⓘ
author Robert Knox ⓘ
chronicles Robert Knox's experiences in the East Indies ⓘ
contains descriptions of economy and trade in Ceylon ⓘ
descriptions of flora and fauna of Ceylon ⓘ
descriptions of religion in Ceylon ⓘ
descriptions of social customs ⓘ
ethnographic observations ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
describes Robert Knox's captivity in Ceylon ⓘ
documents conditions of captivity under the Kandyan king ⓘ
relations between Europeans and the Kandyan kingdom ⓘ
field ethnography ⓘ
history ⓘ
travel writing ⓘ
focusesOn culture of Ceylon ⓘ
geography of Ceylon ⓘ
people of Ceylon ⓘ
genre captivity narrative ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
hasModernNameForPlaceDescribed Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasPerspectiveOn daily life in Ceylon ⓘ
indigenous society of Ceylon ⓘ
political structures of Ceylon ⓘ
historicalContext European colonial expansion in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
historicalPeriodDescribed 17th century Ceylon ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literarySignificance important early English account of Sri Lanka ⓘ
mainSubject Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka ⓘ
narrativeForm prose ⓘ
originalPlaceNameUsed Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka
perspective first-person account ⓘ
publicationCentury 17th century ⓘ
relatedWork writings on early modern Sri Lanka ⓘ
settingLocation Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka

Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
timeOfEventsDescribed Robert Knox's captivity period ⓘ
titleMentions East-Indies ⓘ
linked to: East Indies

Island Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka
usedAsSourceIn anthropological research on Sri Lanka ⓘ
later historical studies of Sri Lanka ⓘ

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Robert Knox → notableWork → An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East-Indies ⓘ
Anne (ship) → mentionedIn → An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon ⓘ
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linked to: An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East-Indies