| The Portuguese in Goa (1510-1961) | |
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Goa features prominently on Malabar Coast maps |
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DA GAMA* |
It all started with Vasco da
Gama's first
voyage, and his meeting with the Zamorin of Calicut in 1498; Goa was
taken by *Albuquerque*
in
1510 |
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The early history of the Portuguese in India is full of battles and alliances with various local rulers, leading to ownership of many local port/forts; at one point a Turkish expedition was also sent against them |
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Their history is also full of missionary activity: St. Francis Xavier worked in Goa and Cochin (1542-49), and his embalmed (?) body is still sometimes made available for viewing: *Dr. Jose Colaco* |
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Other Jesuits followed in his
footsteps,
like the Portuguese missionary St. John de Brito, who worked in Madurai
and was martyred in 1693; the Inquisition came too |
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Some of the earliest views of Goa |
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Fort Aguado was built in 1612 |
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The church of Saint Francis of Assisi, in Old Goa, was built in the later 1600's |
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By the 17th century Goa had developed a rich tradition of Catholic religious art |
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Goan coins too were always distinctive |
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Some forms of Goan attire, over time |