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*[https://archive.org/details/travelsonfootth00haafgoog ''Travels on Foot through the Island of Ceylon''] [in 1783] by J. Haafner (Jacob), 1821. Translated from the Dutch. Archive.org.
: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.
*''A voyage in the Indian Ocean and to Bengal, undertaken in the years 1789 and 1790. Containing an account of the Sechelles Islands and Trincomale ... To which is added, a voyage in the Red Sea. Including a description of Mocha, and of the trade of the Arabs of Yemen ...'' by L de Grandpré, an officer in the French Army. 1803. [https://archive.org/details/b22041084_0001/page/n6 Volume I], ([https://archive.org/details/b22041084_0002/page/n5 Volume II]). Volume I contains some text about Ceylon c 1790-2. Also published with a slightly different title. Archive.org
*''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.
