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Image: Portuguese inscription in Colombo, 1501

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Description: Lithograph of a Portuguese inscription (dated 1501) found on a boulder uncovered in 1898 during excavations underneath the old Breakwater Office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and published 1899 in "Antiquarian Discovery Relating to the Portuguese in Ceylon", Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 16, p.15-29.
Title: Portuguese inscription in Colombo, 1501
Credit: Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
Author: Lithograph from photograph by unnamed Assistant Engineer, Colombo, Ceylon
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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