11/1/2023 0 Comments What lands did vasco da gama claimOn account of that, it had become a great maritime power of the Mediterranean Sea. ![]() Venice, the beautiful city of Europe had established itself at the helm of the trade with East. Zamorin was its corrupt Europeanised version. For the real word was Samuri or Samudrin which meant Lord of the sea. But firstly, this needs to be clarified that the word Zamorin, evidently not very Indian, is most probably a mispronunciation. After loosing the sea route to India for a long time, making wrong turns, unknowingly finding landmasses hitherto unknown to them, Europeans had finally reached the shores of this land and changed the course of history! This post is going to explore the very first encounter of the Portuguese, with the kingdom of Calicut, whose ruler was the Zamorin, as he was called and the backstory of how this encounter came about. A Portuguese fleet came and anchored itself near the city of Calicut. ![]() The date was 20th May 1498, at the port city of Kozhikode or Calicut, with all the hustle and bustle of a famous trading point, was business as usual.
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