诺克斯，罗伯特。1641-1720. 东印度群岛锡兰岛的历史关系。伦敦：理查德·奇斯韦尔，1681年。

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KNOX, ROBERT. 1641–1720.:An Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon in the East-Indies. London: Richard Chiswell, 1681.
Small folio (315 x 200 mm). Folding engraved map and 15 engraved plates, advertising leaf at back. Modern quarter calf and boards. Browning and spotting, some rust holes, brown stain on pp 126-127, a few ink notations and underlines.

FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST ACCOUNT OF CEYLON IN ENGLISH, which provided source material and inspiration for Defoe\’s Robinson Crusoe. Whilst trading along the Coromandel coast Robert Knox (1641-1720) was forced to land at Kottiar Bay, Ceylon, whereupon he was held captive for the next nineteen years, eventually escaping in 1679. The Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon was written on the voyage back to England, where it was published with encouragement of the East India Company and Robert Hooke of the Royal Society. \”The book influenced the work of contemporaries such as Daniel Defoe, who drew from Knox\’s experiences much of the context for, and the aspirations of, his hero in Robinson Crusoe\” (ODNB). Wing K7442.

诺克斯，罗伯特。1641-1720. 东印度群岛锡兰岛的历史关系。伦敦：理查德·奇斯韦尔，1681年。