A Portuguese emissary, accompanied by a Christian …
Years: 1500 - 1500
December
A Portuguese emissary, accompanied by a Christian picked up in Calicut, is set ashore on Vasco da Gama’s arrival in Cochin to make contact with the Trimumpara Raja (Unni Goda Varma), the Nair Hindu prince of Cochin kingdom.
The Portuguese are greeted warmly, the bombardment of the hated Zamorin's Calicut outweighing the earlier matter of the war elephants.
The official pleasantries and hostage-swapping quickly fulfilled, Cabral himself goes ashore and negotiates a treaty of alliance between Portugal and the Cochin kingdom, directed against the Zamorin's Calicut.
Cabral promises to make the Trimumpara Raja of Cochin the ruler of kingdom of Calicut, upon the city's capture.
A Portuguese factory has been set up in Cochin, with Gonçalo Gil Barbosa as chief factor (the pre-designated Aires Correia having perished in the Calicut Massacre).
The spice markets of Cochin, a smaller, poorer city are not nearly as well supplied as Calicut, but the trade is good enough to begin loading ships.
The stay in Cochin is not without incident—the factory is set ablaze one evening (probably at the instigation of Arab traders in the city), but the Trimumpara Raja will not countenance a repeat of the events of Calicut.
He cracks down on the arsonists, takes the Portuguese under his protection (the factors stay in his palace), and assigns his personal Nair guards to escort the Portuguese factors in the city's markets and protect the factory against any further incidents.
Locations
People
- Diogo Dias
- Gaspar da Gama
- Manuel I of Portugal
- Nicolau Coelho
- Pedro Álvares Cabral
- Pêro Escobar
- Pêro da Covilhã
- Vasco da Gama
Groups
- Hinduism
- Arab people
- Indian people
- Christians, Eastern (Diophysite, or “Nestorian”) (Church of the East)
- Nair
- Islam
- Kilwa Sultanate
- Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Cochin, Kingdom of
- Franciscans, or Order of St. Francis
- Castile, Crown of
- Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of
- Gujarat Sultanate
- Portuguese Empire
- Mutapa, Kingdom of
- Florence, Republic of
- Portuguese Mozambique
Topics
- India, Medieval
- Sub-Saharan Africa, Medieval
- Interaction with Subsaharan Africa, Early European
- Age of Discovery
- Colonization of the Americas, Portuguese
- Colonization of the Americas, Spanish
- Columbian Exchange
- Colonization of Asia, Portuguese
Commodoties
- Fish and game
- Weapons
- Gem materials
- Domestic animals
- Textiles
- Strategic metals
- Slaves
- Sweeteners
- Lumber
- Land
- Spices
- Tobacco
Subjects
- Commerce
- Products
- Symbols
- Watercraft
- Labor and Service
- Mayhem
- Exploration
- Faith
- Government
- Custom and Law
- Finance
Regions
Subregions
Years: 1500 - 1500
December
Locations
People
- Diogo Dias
- Gaspar da Gama
- Manuel I of Portugal
- Nicolau Coelho
- Pedro Álvares Cabral
- Pêro Escobar
- Pêro da Covilhã
- Vasco da Gama
Groups
- Hinduism
- Arab people
- Indian people
- Christians, Eastern (Diophysite, or “Nestorian”) (Church of the East)
- Nair
- Islam
- Kilwa Sultanate
- Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Cochin, Kingdom of
- Franciscans, or Order of St. Francis
- Castile, Crown of
- Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of
- Gujarat Sultanate
- Portuguese Empire
- Mutapa, Kingdom of
- Florence, Republic of
- Portuguese Mozambique
Topics
- India, Medieval
- Sub-Saharan Africa, Medieval
- Interaction with Subsaharan Africa, Early European
- Age of Discovery
- Colonization of the Americas, Portuguese
- Colonization of the Americas, Spanish
- Columbian Exchange
- Colonization of Asia, Portuguese
Commodoties
- Fish and game
- Weapons
- Gem materials
- Domestic animals
- Textiles
- Strategic metals
- Slaves
- Sweeteners
- Lumber
- Land
- Spices
- Tobacco
Subjects
- Commerce
- Products
- Symbols
- Watercraft
- Labor and Service
- Mayhem
- Exploration
- Faith
- Government
- Custom and Law
- Finance
Regions
Subregions