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De Bry - "A Description of the Royal town of Kandy"- Original - 1605 - Sri Lanka
De Bry - "A Description of the Royal town of Kandy"- Original - 1605 - Sri Lanka
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-Image 37 x 25cm
-Page 29x19cm (folded
The Kingdom of Candy, lying in the kingdom of Sri Lanka, is the capital town of the might King Fimala, Darma, Suriada or Don Lean D’Austria de Colombo. Admiral Spilbergen was warmly received here as the king’s ambassador.
1: The Admiral is carried in a sedan Chair
2: A boat for crossing the River
3: The admiral is received by the king
4: The King’s men with their armaments and flash flying festively.
5,6,7: Through these two gates the Admiral is led to his lodgings
8: The King’s palace
9: The King’s inner court
10,11: The churches standing in the palace
12: Here is where water flows down from the Hill when it rains, forming a pool
13: The King’s pleasure house stands here
14: A Distinguished Colonel
15 & 16 A citizen and his wife
17: A slave, or bondsman who is recognised as his ear is cut off
18 & 19: Tents where the noblest people can rest from the sun



