1 History & Culture · 1.4.9 European companies in Andhra
1.4.9.1 Portuguese, Dutch and French settlements on the Andhra coast
The Portuguese opened the sea route but left little on the Andhra coast; the Dutch made Masulipatnam their first Indian factory (1605) and spread along the coast for cloth; the French came to Masulipatnam in 1669, held Yanam until 1954 and, under Dupleix and Bussy, fought the English for control of the Deccan.
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- Vasco da Gama 1498
- Almeida
- Blue Water Policy
- Albuquerque Goa 1510
- Nino da Cunha 1530
- tobacco
- cashew
- Narasapur shipbuilding
- VOC 1602
- Masulipatnam 1605
- Nizampatnam
- Petapuli
- Pulicat
- Nagapattinam
- Bheemunipatnam 1641
- Palakollu
- Draksharama
- Chinsurah 1759
- Danish 1616
- Tranquebar
- French 1664
- Colbert
- Caron
- Marcara 1669
- Francois Martin
- Pondicherry
- Yanam
- Dupleix
- Carnatic Wars
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