WHKMLA : History of Portuguese India, 1640-1755
WHKMLA : History of Portuguese India, 1640-1755: "Portuguese India 1640-1755
The dynastic union holding together Spain and Portugal since 1580 was dissolved in 1640, and Portuguese independence restored (formally recognized by Spain only in 1668). The Portuguese Colonial Empire had remained an entity separate from the Spanish Colonial Empire, and remained Portuguese.
In 1661 English King Charles II. married Portuguese princess Catherine de Bragan�a. The colonies of Bombay (hitherto part of Portuguese India) and of Tanger (also called Tangiers, Morocco) made up part of her dowry; Bombay was the first foothold the East India Company, founded in 1600, but hitherto insignificant, acquired in India.
Goa suffered blockades from the V.O.C. (the Dutch) in 1638-1644 and 1656-1663; while Goa withstood the pressure (in itself an accomplishment, as Portugal did do little to assist the Goanese, her resources were mainly used to fight the Dutch in Brazil), the Dutch took Malacca in 1641 and established their dominance in the Indonesian archipelago, reducing Portugal's share in the spice trade to a minimum. The V.O.C. also expelled the Portuguese from Ceylon in 1659; the Portuguese possessions in India proper, after the loss of Malabar (the Portuguese garrison of Cochin surrendered to the Dutch in 1663) and the cession of Bombay, were reduced to Goa, Diu, Daman, Bassein and Chaul, and a number of outposts in Bengal.
The defense of Goa against the Dutch had been costly, both in fatalities and in expenses, while the profits from the India (Asia) trade had fallen rapidly. The Portuguese Empire in India entered a long period of economic decline, a phenomenon to which an administration discriminating against the non-christian (Hindu) population, and granting ethnic Portuguese privileged "
The dynastic union holding together Spain and Portugal since 1580 was dissolved in 1640, and Portuguese independence restored (formally recognized by Spain only in 1668). The Portuguese Colonial Empire had remained an entity separate from the Spanish Colonial Empire, and remained Portuguese.
In 1661 English King Charles II. married Portuguese princess Catherine de Bragan�a. The colonies of Bombay (hitherto part of Portuguese India) and of Tanger (also called Tangiers, Morocco) made up part of her dowry; Bombay was the first foothold the East India Company, founded in 1600, but hitherto insignificant, acquired in India.
Goa suffered blockades from the V.O.C. (the Dutch) in 1638-1644 and 1656-1663; while Goa withstood the pressure (in itself an accomplishment, as Portugal did do little to assist the Goanese, her resources were mainly used to fight the Dutch in Brazil), the Dutch took Malacca in 1641 and established their dominance in the Indonesian archipelago, reducing Portugal's share in the spice trade to a minimum. The V.O.C. also expelled the Portuguese from Ceylon in 1659; the Portuguese possessions in India proper, after the loss of Malabar (the Portuguese garrison of Cochin surrendered to the Dutch in 1663) and the cession of Bombay, were reduced to Goa, Diu, Daman, Bassein and Chaul, and a number of outposts in Bengal.
The defense of Goa against the Dutch had been costly, both in fatalities and in expenses, while the profits from the India (Asia) trade had fallen rapidly. The Portuguese Empire in India entered a long period of economic decline, a phenomenon to which an administration discriminating against the non-christian (Hindu) population, and granting ethnic Portuguese privileged "
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