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2 days ago · The Malabar region stretches from the Konkan region to Kanyakumari at the southernmost tip of the Indian subcontinent, and traverses five Indian states, most notably present-day Kerala. Its soil ranges from coastal alluvium to laterite and black cotton, and it hosts an astounding diversity of flora and fauna in its moist deciduous forests and ...
1 day ago · Kerala, southwestern coastal state of India. It is a small state, constituting only about 1 percent of the total area of the country. Kerala stretches for about 360 miles along the Malabar Coast, varying in width from roughly 20 to 75 miles. The capital is Thiruvananthapuram.
- William A. Noble
4 days ago · A 1744 map of Malabar Coast. The district lay between the Arabian Sea on the west, South Canara District on the north, the Western Ghats (the princely states of Coorg and Mysore, and Nilgiris and Coimbatore districts) to the east, and the princely state of Cochin to the south.
3 days ago · A 1744 map of Malabar Coast (Malabar coast is on the left side). The French East India Company constructed a fort on the site of Mahé in 1724, in accordance with an accord concluded between André Mollandin and Raja Vazhunnavar of Badagara three years earlier. In 1741, Mahé de La Bourdonnais retook the town after a period of occupation by the ...
May 24, 2024 · Kozhikode, city, northern Kerala state, southwestern India. It is situated on the Malabar Coast, 414 miles (666 km) west-southwest of Chennai (Madras) by rail. Kozhikode was once a famous cotton-weaving center, and it is remembered as the place of origin of calico, to which it gave its name (i.e., Calicut).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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4 days ago · It is situated on the Malabar Coast, approximately 414 miles (666 km) west-southwest of Chennai. Calicut holds great historical significance as it was once a famous cotton-weaving center and is remembered as the place of origin of calico, to which it gave its name.
3 days ago · During the first three voyages from 1405 to 1411, the fleet followed the same basic maritime route: from Fujian to the first call in Champa, across the South China Sea to Java and Sumatra, up the Strait of Malacca to northern Sumatra for assembly of the fleet, across the Indian Ocean to Ceylon, then along the Malabar Coast to Calicut.
