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Description A map of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
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Taprobane or Saliki (Ceylon) according to Ptolemy and Pliny
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w:Ceylon
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Ceylon : an account of the island, physical, historical, and topographical with notices of its natural history, antiquities and productions / by Sir James Emerson Tennent. London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860.

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James Emerson Tennent  (1804–1869)  wikidata:Q3161065 s:en:Author:James Emerson Tennent
 
James Emerson Tennent
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Tennent; James Tennent; Sir James Emerson Tennent, 1st Baronet; James Emerson; James Emmerson Tennent; James Emerson, Sir Tennent
Description British politician, lawyer, scientific collector and botanist
Date of birth/death 7 April 1804 Edit this at Wikidata 6 March 1869 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Belfast Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q3161065
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John Arrowsmith  (1790–1873)  wikidata:Q5560185
 
John Arrowsmith
Description British cartographer
Date of birth/death 1790 Edit this at Wikidata 1873 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Winston Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q5560185


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