Colombo Harbor Ceylon 1908 “Kolamba” (Anglicised “Colombo”) is a Sinhalese word; meaning port, ferry, harbor or haven. Colombo was originally a small seaport used by Moor, Arab, Persian and Chinese sailing vessels. Following the occupation of the coastal provinces of Ceylon by Portuguese, Colombo became the center of the Portuguese rulers and after the annexation […]
View of Colombo Docks Sri Lanka in 1942 Photograph Title: Colombo’s waterfront before assault Photograph Copyright: Associated press, New York Date: 15 April 1942 The warehouses, docks and lines of bullock wagons along the waterfront of Colombo, Ceylon as they (Japanese aircraft) appeared before the fierce assault by Jap bombers April 5.