History of Ceylon: Presented ... to the King of Portugal, in 1685
View on archive.org • 299 pages • snippets in situReadCeylon was, in the olden time, known by the name of Serendib. In the enchanting " Arabian Nights," frequent mention is made of the Island, as the theater of many of the gorgeous scenes that are splendidly depicted in those Eastern tales. Serendib has ever been a terra incognita, and, therefore, a land of story and romance.
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