| Theophilus Carey Callicot - Geography - 1853 - 874 pages
...Gama, & subsequently the Portuguese & the Dutch established settlements on the peninsula. In 1625, tho first English settlement was made by a company of...coast of 5 sq. m., transferred in 1653 to Madras. Tho governorgeneral, assisted by a council of five members; has the power of making laws for the whole... | |
| Theophilus Carey Callicot - Geography - 1854 - 880 pages
...2,000,000 Total pop. of Indian Peninsula, 142,300,000 In 1428, India was first visited by Vasco de Gama, A subsequently the Portuguese & the Dutch established...the power of making laws for the whole of British Imlia, subject to the approval of the home government, & he has the sole direction of the array, which... | |
| Theophilus Carey Callicot - Gazetteers - 1855 - 880 pages
...P«nln>ula, 142,500,000 In 1428, India was first visited by Vasco do Gama, A subsequently the Portuguese A the Dutch established settlements on the peninsula....Madras. The governorgeneral, assisted by a council of fire members, has the poworof making laws for the whole of British India, subject to the approval of... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - Encyclopedias - 1897 - 496 pages
...also yielded to the superior enterprise of the British, and finally the French relinquished the field. In 1625 the first English settlement was made by a...coast of 5 sq. m., transferred in 1653 to Madras. A short time previous a settlement had also been obtained at Hooghly, which afterward became the Calcutta... | |
| Henry Woldmar Ruoff - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1908 - 862 pages
...yielded to ' the superior enterprise of the British, and finally the French relinquished the field. In 1625, the first English settlement was made by...merchants in a small spot of the" Coromandel coast, of five square miles, transferred in 1653 to Madras. A short time previous a settlement had also been... | |
| Henry Woldmar Ruoff - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1909 - 922 pages
...also yielded to the superior enterprise of the British, and finally the French relinquished the field. In 1625, the first English settlement was made by a company of merchants in a small spot of the Coromandcl coast, of five square miles, transferred in 1653 to Marlras. A short time previous a settlement... | |
| Charles Leonard-Stuart - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1912 - 646 pages
...earliest records of history the nations of the Western World derived their merchandise from India. In 1625 the first English settlement was made by a...merchants in a small spot of the Coromandel coast of 5 square miles, transferred in 1653 to Madras. From the year 1750, when the warlike acquisition of territory... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1922 - 988 pages
...also yielded to the superior enterprise of the British, and finally the French relinquished the field. In 1625, the first English settlement was made by...merchants in a small spot of the Coromandel coast, of five square miles, transferred in 1653 to Madras. A short time previous a settlement had also been... | |
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