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There is no island in the world., Great Britain itself not excepted.,
that has attracted the attention of authors in so many distant
ages and so many different countries as Ceylon. There is no nation in
ancient or modern times possessed of a language and a literature, the
writers of which have not at some time made it their
theme. Its aspect, its religion, its antiquities, and
productions, have been described as well by the classic
Greeks, as by those of the Lower Empire; by the
Romans; by the writers of China, Burmah, India, and
Kashmir; by the geographers of Arabia and Persia;
by the medireval voyagers of Italy and France; by the
annalists of Portugal and Spain; by the merchant
adventurers of Holland, and by the travellers and
topographers of Great Britain. ...........
Ceylon -
an account of the Island
physical, historical and topographical (1859)
by
James E. Tennent
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