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1 online resource (283 pages) |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Maps and Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The First Visit of the Portuguese to Sri Lanka -- (a) King Manuel's Letter, 1507 -- (b) João de Barros's Account, 1552 -- (c) Gaspar Correia's Account, 1550s -- (d) Fernão de Queirós's Version, 1680s -- (e) The Rajavaliya Story, mid-sixteenth century -- (f) The Sitawaka Hatana Account, c.1585 -- (g) The Maha Hatana Account, late seventeenth century -- 2 Sri Lanka and its Peoples -- (a) Francisco de Albuquerque's Report, 1518 -- (b) Duarte Barbosa's Description, c. 1518 -- (c) Tomé Pires's Description, c. 1518 -- (d) António Pessoa's Report, (1548?) -- (e) Fr Morais's Letter,1552 -- (f) Jorge Florim de Almeida's Revenue Register, 1599 -- (g) Description by Fernão de Queirós's, seventeenth century -- 3 King Bhuvanekabahu and the Portuguese -- (a) Bhuvanekabahu's Memorial of 1541 -- (b) Bhuvanekabahu's Letter of 1545 -- (c) A Franciscan Perspective, 1545 -- (d) Bhuvanekabahu's Letter of 1546 -- (e) The Viceroy's Advice, 1546 -- (f) Views of Portuguese Settlers, 1547 -- (g) Bhuvanekabahu's Protest, 1548 -- (h) The Murder of Tennakoon Mudaliyar, 1548 -- (i) Bhuvanekabahu's Grievances, 1551 -- (j) Gift of Temple Lands, 1557 -- (k) A Sinhala-Buddhist Viewpoint -- 4 Kandy: Religion and Politics -- (a) António Ferreira's Letter, 1545 -- (b) An Appeal for Aid for Kandy, 1545 -- (c) Alvares Pereira's Letter, 1546 -- (d) António Padrão's Letter, June 1546 -- (e) André de Sousa's Account, 1546 -- (f) Miguel Fernandes' Letter, 1546 -- (g) António Padrão's Letter, November 1546 -- (h) The Viceroy's Counsel, 1546 -- (i) Simão de Coimbra's Report, 1546 -- 5 Jaffna: Conquest, Resistance and Governance |
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(A) Diogo do Couto's Account of the 1560 Invasion of Jaffna, early seventeenth century -- (b) A Jesuit View of the 1560 Invasion of Jaffna, 1561 -- (c) A Tamil Account of Conflicts with the Portuguese, late eighteenthcentury -- (d) Paulo da Trindade on the 1619 Portuguese Conquest of Jaffna, 1630s -- (e) A Jesuit Account of the Kandyan Invasion, 1628 -- (f) Revenue Collection in Portuguese Jaffna, 1639 -- (g) Jesuit Annual Letter on Conversions to Christianity, 1644 -- (h) An Inquiry into Abuses, 1645 -- 6 The Peace Treaty of 1617 -- (a) Initial Overtures for Peace -- (b) Peace Negotiations, July 1617 -- (c) Portuguese Conditions for Peace, June 1617 -- (d) The Kandyan Counter-Proposals and Portuguese Reactions -- (e) Portuguese Discussions, July 1617 -- (f) The Question of Batticaloa, July 1617 -- (g) Support for the Peace Treaty, August 1617 -- (h) The Peace Agreement, August 1617 -- 7 The Portuguese and the Maldives -- (a) Description of the Maldives, c. 1500 -- (b) Description of the Maldives by Duarte Barbosa, 1518 -- (c) Report on the Maldive Islands by João de Barros, mid-sixteenth century -- (d) Letter of Afonso de Albuquerque on the Maldives, April 1512 -- (e) Letter of Afonso de Albuquerque on the Maldives, October 1512 -- (f) Baba 'Abdullah's Appeal to King Manuel, c. 1519 -- (g) Letter of Hasan IX, King of the Maldive Islands, 1556 -- (h) Excerpts from an Islamic History of the Maldives, early eighteenth century -- (i) Memorandum on the Maldive Islands, 1645 -- Glossary and Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351909792 |
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1351909797 |
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