Gujarat and the Malabar Coast, c.1700's-1850's: ports (with forts)
	MAPS of the Malabar Coast during this period
	Some early European depictions of the Malabar Coast
	On a promontory in southern Gujarat was the Portuguese fort of DIU
	SURAT had been the Mughals' chief port, but it was gradually supplanted by colonial-period ports to the south of it (including, over time, Bombay)
	South of Surat was the Portuguese fort of DAMAN
*BOM- BAY*	Bombay, on the "good bay" that the British had acquired from the Portuguese, was growing rapidly, protected by its Bassein Fort
	Then, as we move southward, came DABUL
	Next the small fort that Bellin calls "Andarajapour," that seems to be RAJAPUR
	Then came GERIAH, at the heart of what was sometimes called the "Pirate Coast"; for a very interesting account see *The Pirates of Malabar*
	The small port of VENGURLA was an early Dutch settlement (1638)
*GOA*	Next came the Portuguese stronghold of Goa
	Just to the south of it was ONORE (modern Honavar), an English fort besieged by Tipu Sultan in 1784
	BARCELORE was one of the smaller port towns
	MANGALORE came next
	A bit further to the south was CANANORE
	TELLICHERRY was an early English spice trading center, from 1638 until 1794
	Next came the small French fort of MAHÉ
	Then there was CALICUT (modern Kozhikode), a longstanding and important trading center, though by this time on the decline
	Then came CRANGANORE [Kodungallor]; near it once lay *Muziris*, an important Roman trading port
	COCHIN was, like Goa, Daman, and Diu, an early Portuguese trading center
	QUILON was one of the last links in the chain, before Cape Comorin
	Finally came ANJENGO, another early English trading center like Tellicherry (1684)

 

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