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Portuguese sea forts : Goa with Chaul, Korlai and Vasai / text, Amita Kanekar ; photography, Surendra Kumar.
LIBRA UG432.I4 K36 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kanekar, Amita, author.
- Series:
- Jaico/Deccan Heritage Foundation guidebook series
- Deccan Heritage Foundation/Jaico guidebook series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fortification--India--Goa (State).
- Fortification.
- Coast defenses.
- India--Goa (State).
- Fortification--India--Maharashtra.
- Coast defenses--India--Goa (State).
- Coast defenses--India--Maharashtra.
- India--Maharashtra.
- Physical Description:
- 128 pages : color illustrations, maps (black and white) ; 21 cm.
- Other Title:
- Goa with Chaul, Korlai and Vasai
- Place of Publication:
- Mumbai : Jaico Publishing House, 2015.
- Summary:
- The Portuguese presence on the Arabian Sea coast of the Deccan dates from the beginning of the 16th century, with the establishment of Goa as the capital of a rapidly expanding maritime enterprise that eventually encompassed much of Asia. In order to protect the ships carrying their goods, merchants, troops and missionaries to India, the Portuguese constructed a string of seaside strongholds in and around Goa, and further up the coast of what is now Maharashtra. 00This guidebook is the first to showcase the vestiges of the Portuguese sea forts of the Deccan, drawing attention to their surviving battlemented ramparts and angular bastions, watchtowers and lighthouses, chapels and churches. While some forts have recently been restored, such as Reis Magos and Tiracol in Goa, others are now dilapidated and overgrown. 00This guidebook contains descriptions of all the major Portuguese sea forts of the region, illustrated with newly commissioned photographs and site maps.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-127) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten International Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9788184957037
- 8184957033
- OCLC:
- 933725979
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