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Cochin
Cochin in Kerala has the most spots dating back from the VOC period.
De Petercellie street op Fort Cochin.
The VOC code of arms dated 1740 in a wall next to the St Francis church on Fort Cochin.
Although some products from here were sold with a good profit (such as cardemon with 135 percent profit in Persia) settlements costs were so high that VOC had little profit.
In the new street names in Cochin Burgerstreet is also written in Malayalam.
Dutch windows in Bolgatty Palace in Cochin.
The entrance to what now is a hotel.
The state of the Dutch cemetery is detoriating rapidly.
The Chinese fishing nets on Fort Cochin already appeared in books fron 1730. See for instance the drawing between p 302 en 303 in Salmon (1730), Hedendaagsche Historie of Tegenwoordige Staat van alle Volkeren, III deel, translated from the English by M. van Goch, Isaak Tirion, Amsterdam.
© Dick de Jong, 2002