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*[https://archive.org/details/ceylonportuguese00pier ''Ceylon and the Portuguese, 1505-1658''] by P E Pieris, Ceylon Civil Service 1920 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023650959/page/n5 ''Ceylon and the Hollanders, 1658-1796''] by P E Peiris, Ceylon Civil Service 1918 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31997/page/n7 Reprint, of 3rd edition [1930<nowiki>]</nowiki>] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/dutchinceylonacc0000anth/page/n9 ''The Dutch in Ceylon: An Account of Their Early Visits to the Island, Their Conquests, and Their Rule Over the Maritime Regions During a Century and a Half, Volume 1] by R G Anthonisz, Formerly Government Archivist, Ceylon. Reprint edition, first published 1929. Archive.org, Historical Resources of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/instructionsfro00maetgoog ''Instructions from the Governor-General and Council of India to the Governor of Ceylon, 1656-1665''] Translated by Sophia Pieters. [The Government of Netherlands India]. 1908 Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=yFpTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 ''An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East-Indies: together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and…''] by Robert Knox , a Captive there near Twenty Years. 1681 Google Books
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034530 ''A Handbook of Directions to the Ports in the Presidency of Madras and Ceylon''] by T. E. Marshall, First Assistant Master Attendant, Madras. 1874. British Library Digital Collection.
:[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000035E32 ''A Handbook to the Ports on the Coast of India between Calcutta and Bombay, including the Island of Ceylon''] by Herbert Samuel Brown, Lieutenant, R.N.R. Port and Customs Officer, Mangalore. 1897. British Library Digital Collection.
*''Ceylon. A general description of the island, historical, physical, statistical. ...'' by an Officer, late of the Ceylon Rifles. [The preface is signed H. S. [(i.e. Horatio John Suckling.)] 1876. [https://archive.org/details/ceylonagenerald02suckgoog Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/ceylonagenerald00suckgoog Volume II] Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/calcuttareviewv01unkngoog#page/n188/mode/2up "The Eurasians of Ceylon"] ''Calcutta Review Volume 63, 1876'', page 173 Archive.org
*''The Game Birds of India, Burmah, and Ceylon'' by Hume and Marshall 1879. With coloured plates. Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/gamebirdsofindia01hume Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/gamebirdsofindia02hume Volume II]. [https://archive.org/details/gamebirdsofindia03hume Volume III].
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924007648516#page/n7/mode/2up ''List of inscriptions on tombstones and monuments in Ceylon, of historical or local interest, with an obituary of persons uncommemorated''] by J Penry Lewis 1913 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/memorandumuponre00pererich ''Memorandum Upon Recent Disturbances in Ceylon''] by Edward Walter Perera 1915 Archive.org. The 1915 Ceylon Riots.
*[https://archive.org/details/riotsmartiallawi00pram/page/n8 ''Riots and Martial Law in Ceylon, 1915''] by P. Ramanathan. Reprint edition, first published 1916. Archive.org, Historical Resources of India Collection.
*''The Empire at War'' edited for the Royal Colonial Institute by Sir Charles Lucas, in five volumes, with a [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1003532 catalogue contents description]. ([http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022549242.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-1107.9974%2C-93.2973%2C3908.9948%2C2833.5945 Volume 1] British Library Digital file) Volume 5, 1926, covers WW1 The Mediterranean colonies ; Egypt and Palestine ; Aden ; India ; Ceylon ; Malaya ; China. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022554216.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=3&z=-47.2741%2C0%2C3640.5482%2C2639 Volume 5], British Library Digital file, [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022554216.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=7&z=-47.2741%2C0%2C3640.5482%2C2639 Contents]. Also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284274 Vol-vth Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*''The Ceylon Roll of Honour and Record of Service in the Great War 1914-1918'' by Thomas Southorn, Publisher: Colombo : Times of Ceylon Company, [1919?] is available in a reprint ebook edition to purchase under the title ''Ceylon Roll of Honour World War 1 1914-18''. <ref> ''Ceylon Roll of Honour World War 1 1914-18'' [https://www.kabristanbookshop.com/product/sri-lanka-publications/ceylon-roll-of-honour-world-war-1-1914-18-part-1-a-k-pdf-format/ Part 1 A-K] contains 1218 records; [https://www.kabristanbookshop.com/product/sri-lanka-publications/ceylon-roll-of-honour-world-war-1-1914-18-part-2-l-z-pdf-format/ Part 2 L-Z] contains 1133 records. Kabristan Archives</ref>
:Article: [http://web.archive.org/web/20080112195002/http://www.paulvandervelde.nl/haafner/article.html#1 "Jacob Haafner. Travels through the Island of Ceylon In 1783"] by Paul Van Der Velde and Jaap De Moor.
*''Voyages and travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806'' by George, Viscount Valentia 1809 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/VoyagestravelsIv1Moun Volume I], ([https://archive.org/details/VoyagestravelsIv2Moun Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/VoyagestravelsIv3Moun Volume III]).
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.40609/page/n7 ''Travels in India Ceylon and Borneo''] by Captain Basil Hall RN, FRS. Selected and edited by Professor H G Rawlinson 1931 Archive.org. Selected from ''Fragments of Voyages and Travels'' (in nine volumes). Captain Hall was appointed to the East India Station, Royal Navy in 1812. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Hall Basil Hall] Wikipedia.
*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=v5ZeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Rambles in Ceylon''] by Lieut. De Butts [Augustus] 1841 Google Books. The author was in Ceylon 1836- 1839.
*[https://archive.org/details/memoirsgeminige01wilkgoog ''The Memoirs of the Gemini Generals; Personal Anecdotes, Sporting Adventures, and Sketches of Distinguished Officers''] by Major-Generals Osborn Wilkinson and Johnson Wilkinson. 1896 Archive.org. Twin brothers Osborn and Johnson Wilkinson were born 1822. The former joined the Bengal Cavalry in 1844, and served initially in the 10th Light Bengal Cavalry, and subsequently the 2nd Bengal Cavalry, (and perhaps other cavalry regiments); the latter HM 15th Regiment of Foot, which went to Ceylon in 1845, with a period at Poona.
*[https://archive.org/details/fromadamspeaktoe00carp ''From Adam's Peak to Elephanta: sketches in Ceylon and India''] by Edward Carpenter 1892 Archive.org. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000035F58 Britsh Library Digital Collection] Images may be rotated.[https://archive.org/details/cu31924052629726 New Edition, revised 1903, reprinted 1921] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/twohappyyearsinc00gord ''Two Happy Years in Ceylon''] by C F [Constance Frederica] Gordon Cumming with [https://archive.org/stream/twohappyyearsinc00gord#page/n15/mode/2up Illustrations] New Edition 1901, first published 1892 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofceylon00lebl/page/n7 ''History Of Ceylon''] by L. E. Blaze. Reprint of 1933 9th edition, Revised and Enlarged, first published 1900. Archive.org, Historical Resources of India Collection.
*[http://archive.org/stream/recollectionsab00bringoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''Recollections of a Boer Prisoner-Of-War at Ceylon''] by J N Brink, "late adjudant of General Crowther" 1904 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/huntingshootingi00storrich ''Hunting & Shooting in Ceylon''] by Harry Storey 1907. Archive.org. Includes elephant shooting.
*[https://archive.org/details/prisonerinturkey00stiliala ''A Prisoner in Turkey''] by John Still 1920 Archive.org. The title page contains a handwritten note “Ceylon Civil Service (Forests)”
:[https://archive.org/details/poemsincaptivity00stiluoft ''Poems in Captivity''] by John Still 1919 Archive.org. Includes poems about Ceylon.
*[https://archive.org/details/romanticceylonit00rhba/page/n9 ''Romantic Ceylon: Its History, Legend And Story''] by R. H. Bassett. Reprint edition, first published 1929, 2nd edition 1934. Archive.org, Historical Resources of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/realceylon0000elli/page/n9 ''The Real Ceylon''] by C. Brooke Elliott. Reprint edition, first published 1938. Archive.org, Historical Resources of India Collection.
*A visit to Ceylon: [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.211247/2015.211247.India-Of#page/n177 Page 169] ''India of the Rajahs'' by Major S E G Ponder 1940 Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*Also see accounts in the following section.
