François Valentijn's Description of Ceylon
By: translated and edited by Sinnappah Arasaratnam.
Contributors: Arasaratnam, Sinnappah.
Series: Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2d ser., no. 149; Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ;; 2nd ser., no. 149.
Publisher: Hakluyt Society
Published: 1978
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; dut
Number of pages: 395
Subjects: Sri Lanka -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.; Sri Lanka -- History -- To 1505.; Sri Lanka -- History -- 1505-1948.
Other titles: Description of Ceylon.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 375-379.
Originally published in 1726 as the section dealing with Ceylon in vol. 5, pt. 1 of Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën.
Includes index.