About the Book Marco Polo (1254-1324) was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo, a book that described to Europeans the then mysterious culture and inner workings of the Eastern world, including the wealth […]
Title Popular Handbook of Indian Birds Author Hugh Whistler About the Book This fascinating book contains a detailed catalogue of the birds of India, complete with a wealth of detailed information and helpful illustrations. Written with the intention of providing a popular and scientific, but not too technical, account of the common birds of India, […]
Title Indika: The Country and the People of India and Ceylon Author John Fletcher Hurst About the book A wide-ranging description of India and Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka) with something of a leaning toward addressing the needs of missionization. Contains chapters dealing with: transportation to, and arrival in, India; Bombay; the history of Europeans in […]
Title Ceylon by Tennent Volume 1 & 2 Author Sir Tennent James Emerson About the Book Ceylon: An Account of the Island, Physical, Historical, and Typographical; with Notices of its Natural History, Antiquities, and Productions GET QUOTE
Title Ancient Irrigation Works in Ceylon Author R L Brohier
Title A History of the Ceylon Police – Volume 1 & 2 Author G. K. Pippet
