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An Historical Sketch of Goa the Metropolis of the Portuguese Settlements in India: With an Account of the Present State of That Celebrated City and of the Surrounding Territories Under Its Immediate Jurisdiction Collected from the Most Authentic Sources

1831

Accordingly on the 7th of February of the year 1510 he entered the harbour with a fleet which had sailed from Cochin aided by the vessels of the Rajah of Onor the enemy of the Moors surprised the garrison and made himself master of the town. [...] To the S. W. the buildings extended almost to old Goa and from that point towards the north reached the old western walls to the gate that was taken down at the end of the street of Ormntz and near the foot of the mountain of the Rosary; where after a short causeway lined with houses on the southern side began the suburb of St. [...] The increase of the British power and the close alliance which united. the courts of London and Lisbon the protection which the French gave to the Nizam of the Deccan and to the Nabob of the Carnatic checked the progress of the Mahrattas and prevented further16 encroachments. [...] Every year on the festival of the saint after the morning service is over in the cathedral the Francicans perform a second one with the greatest solemnity in the chapel in the presence of the Viceroy (who wears a red cloak as it member of the brotherhood or confraternity of the Saint) the clergy of the cathedral a deputation from all the other churches and convents the senate and all [...] On the evening of the same day and in the same church in the presence of the four prelates 409 persons receied baptism chiefly from the peninsula of Salsette on the south of the island of Goa.
history
Pages
126
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.146291
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-v Denis De Kloguen view
An Historical Sketch of Goa
1-120 Denis De Kloguen view
A Figurative Plan of the City of Goa
i-i Denis De Kloguen view

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