A Historical Geography of the British Empire
A Historical Geography of the British Empire
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The Arabs also had obtained a footing on the coast. Thus the Singhalese monarchy, once powerful and in some sense highly civilised, was but a shadow of its former self when the Portuguese reached Ceylon in 1507.
The conditions were consequently favourable for the Por- tuguese, who in the course of the sixteenth century became masters of most part of Ceylon, though native princes still maintained their independence at Kandy, in the mountainous interior of the island. The first half of the sevent...eenth century saw the Dutch, everywhere the inveterate enemies of the Portuguese, oust them entirely from Ceylon, partly by the aid of the native kings of Kandy, who welcomed them as allies against the hated Portuguese. The Dutch shared exactly the fate of their predecessors. Before they had held Ceylon a century and a half they were deprived of it by the English, again to the great satisfaction of the kings of Kandy, who had not found the Dutch better neighbours than the Portuguese.
The only previous connection of England with Ceylon was a temporary occupation of the fine harbour of Trincomalee in 1782.
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The Arabs also had obtained a footing on the coast. Thus the Singhalese monarchy, once powerful and in some sense highly civilised, was but a shadow of its former self when the Portuguese reached Ceylon in 1507.
The conditions were consequently favourable for the Por- tuguese, who in the course of the sixteenth century became masters of most part of Ceylon, though native princes still maintained their independence at Kandy, in the mountainous interior of the island. The first half of the sevent...eenth century saw the Dutch, everywhere the inveterate enemies of the Portuguese, oust them entirely from Ceylon, partly by the aid of the native kings of Kandy, who welcomed them as allies against the hated Portuguese. The Dutch shared exactly the fate of their predecessors. Before they had held Ceylon a century and a half they were deprived of it by the English, again to the great satisfaction of the kings of Kandy, who had not found the Dutch better neighbours than the Portuguese.
The only previous connection of England with Ceylon was a temporary occupation of the fine harbour of Trincomalee in 1782.
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