An Account of the Island of Ceylon, Containing Its History, Geography, Natural History, with the Manners and Customs of Its Various Inhabitants; to which is Added: The Journal of an Embassy to the Court of Candy. Illustrated by a Man and Charts |
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| Title | An Account of the Island of Ceylon, Containing Its History, Geography, Natural History, with the Manners and Customs of Its Various Inhabitants; to which is Added: The Journal of an Embassy to the Court of Candy. Illustrated by a Man and Charts An Account of the Island of Ceylon, Containing Its History, Geography, Natural History, with the Manners and Customs of Its Various Inhabitants; to which is Added: The Journal of an Embassy to the Court of Candy. Illustrated by a Man and Charts, Robert Percival |
| Author | Robert Percival |
| Publisher | C. and R. Baldwin, 1803 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Jul 2009 |
| Length | 420 pages |
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