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The Spanish connections to India – Manila & Mangalore History is full of surprises. It is stories like these that make the subject fascinating, especially since some are hidden deep in dusty books, prompting people like me to seek them out. This story features a remarkable Jewish merchant named Goldsmith and how he managed to broker a deal between the Spanish crown and the ...


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Manuel Kotta, Ayacotta, and Cranganore Fort Contact with Malabar, and later Goa, was established by Portuguese armadas sailing to western coastal ports such as Calicut, Cochin, and Goa. The ships sailed along the west coast with the mawsim, or monsoon winds, and took shelter in these ports from May to September, when the winds were strongest. Interestingly, this was the period ...


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