The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 4John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... COAST 33 Coast . The idea naturally arose of controlling that movement , elimi- nating the Arab and Indian middlemen , and paying for the spices by imported cotton goods . As early as October , 1603 , the Seventeen directed the ...
... COAST 33 Coast . The idea naturally arose of controlling that movement , elimi- nating the Arab and Indian middlemen , and paying for the spices by imported cotton goods . As early as October , 1603 , the Seventeen directed the ...
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... Coast were sandal wood and pepper from the Malay Archipelago , Japanese copper and certain Chinese textiles from the Far East . In 1617 the directorate of the Coromandel Coast was raised into a gouvernement , its chief at Pulicat being ...
... Coast were sandal wood and pepper from the Malay Archipelago , Japanese copper and certain Chinese textiles from the Far East . In 1617 the directorate of the Coromandel Coast was raised into a gouvernement , its chief at Pulicat being ...
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... Coast was the region on the mainland of India where the Portuguese had struck root most deeply . The small rulers between whom the country was divided had been unable to prevent the in- truders from acquiring large political powers ...
... Coast was the region on the mainland of India where the Portuguese had struck root most deeply . The small rulers between whom the country was divided had been unable to prevent the in- truders from acquiring large political powers ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Portuguese suzerainty over Ormuz | 12 |
Later governors | 19 |
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