A true and exact description of the great island of Ceylon. Being the section relating to Ceylon of the "Beschrijving der Oost Indische kusten Malabar en Choromandel der Zelver aangrenzende ryken en het machtige Eyland Ceylon nevens een onstandige en grondigh doorzochte ontdekking en wederlegginge van de afgoderye den Oost-Indische heydenen, English
by Phillipus Baldaeus published in Dutch in Amsterdam, 1672.
- A new and unabridged translation into English by Pieter Brohier. With an introd. by S. D. Saparamadu.
- Dehiwala : Ceylon Historical Journal, 1960
- lxvi, 403, lxxiii p. illus., maps (part fold.) ports. 22 cm.
"First edition in present translation." Comprises v. 8, nos. 1-4, July 1958 to April 1959 of the Ceylon Historical Journal.
Includes bibliographical references.
Tamil (Indic people)--Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka--History--1505-1948. Sri Lanka--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.