2-651-849 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Ceylon. River scenery is incredibly lovely throughout Ceylon. Palms, feathery bamboos and luxuriant foliage line the banks and punt-like native boats with thatched deck-houses ply upon the tipping waters', c1920. Ceylon was a British Crown colony founded in 1802 and turned into a dominion in 1848. From Geographical Magazine, Volume 2, c1920.