Tuticorin-1744-[now "TUTHUKUDI" HARBOUR CITY]


"Parel Vissery voor toute Couryn" (Pearl fishing before Tuticorin), from 'Gedenkweerdige Brasiliaense Zee en Lantreize ...' by Johan Nieuhof, published by Jacob van Meurs, Amsterdam, 1682. First and only Dutch edition. Later amended English edition published by Churchill in 1744.
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"Pearl fishing, and how it is done," as the Dutch of the Dutch East India Company watch pearl fishing at Tuticorin and Palipatnam, from :Wouter Schoutens' travels into the East Indies," 2nd ed., Amsterdam, 1708
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"Pearl fishing on the coast of Tuticorin," from 'La galerie agreable du monde. Tome premier des Indes Orientales.', published by P. van der Aa, Leyden, c. 1725
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"Paerel visschery" [pearl fishery] at "Toute Koryn," a Dutch print, 1730;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/coromandel/tuticorin/oysters1730b.jpg
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http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/coromandel/tuticorin/oysters1730c.jpg

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A gold fanam, or trading coin, minted by the Dutch at Tuticorin, 1700's
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"Tutecoryn" (with modern hand coloring) from the 1752 London edition of 'A True and Exact Description of the most Celebrated East-India Coasts of Malabar and Coromandel; as also of the Isle of Ceylon' by Philip Baldaeus.


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"Temple and trees at Tuticorin," a print, 1881
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"Confessional of Tuticorin church," an engraving, 1885----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------







  • Thoothukudi
    City in India



  • Tuticorin, also known as Thoothukudi is a port city and a Municipal Corporation and an Industrial city in Thoothukudi district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Wikipedia











  • Area: 90.66 km²





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    1. Thoothukudi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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      This article is about the city in Tamil Nadu, India. For its namesake district, see Thoothukudi District. Tuticorin தூத்துக்குடி. Thoothukudi. City.
    2. Tuticorin Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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      Tuticorin Airport (IATA: TCR, ICAO: VO80) is a domestic airport located 16.9 km (10.5 mi) from Thoothukudi (Tuticorin), Tamil Nadu, India serving the districts of ...
    3. Tuticorin Port Trust - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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      V.O.Chidambaram Port, formerly Tuticorin Port is one of the 12 major ports in India. It was declared to be a major port on 11 July 1974. It is second-largest port in ...
    4. Thoothukudi district - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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      Thoothukudi District, also known as Tuticorin District, is a district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The town of Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) is the district ...











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