Antonio De Silva Was Sent Against Him From Cochin With 200
Musqueteers In Fifteen Small Vessels, On Which Cunale Took Refuge In A
Bay On The Coast Called Canamnera, Where He Fortified Himself.
But
Antonio forced him to make his escape in the habit of a beggar to
Calicut, leaving his vessels and cannon, with which Antonio returned to
Cochin.
In 1534 Martin Alfonso de Sousa, Portuguese admiral in India, took the
fort of Daman; and Badur king of Cambaya, fearing still greater losses,
and finding his trade completely interrupted, made peace with Nuno, on
the following conditions. The fort of Basseen with all its dependencies
was ceded to the crown of Portugal: All ships bound from the kingdom of
Cambaya for the Red Sea, were to come in the first place to Basseen, and
to touch there on their return, paying certain duties to the crown of
Portugal: No ships belonging to Cambaya were to trade to any other parts
without licence from the Portuguese government: No ships of war were to
be built in any of the ports belonging to Cambaya: The king of Cambaya
was on no account to give any assistance to the Rumes or Turks. There
were other articles in favour of the king of Cambaya, to render the
harshness of these more palatable; and even these were afterwards
moderated when he gave permission for building a fort at Diu.
The kingdom of Guzerat, commonly called Cambaya from the name of its
metropolis, extends from Cape Jaquet or Jigat in the west, to the
river Nagotana near Chaul, within which limits there is a large and
deep bay or gulf having the same name with the capital, in which bay the
sea ebbs and flows with wonderful rapidity, insomuch that any ship that
is caught in this tremendous bore certainly perishes. To avoid this
danger, there is always a man stationed on an eminence, who gives notice
with a horn when he sees the approach of this torrent. The distance
between Cape Jigat and the river of Nagotana is above 200 leagues. On
the west Guzerat borders on the Resbuti or Rajputs, a people
dwelling in a mountainous country.[189] On the north it joins with the
kingdom of Chitor[190]: On the east with that of Pale.[191] The
coast is covered by numerous towns and cities. It is watered by two
famous rivers, the Taptii and Tapei[192] by many creeks that form
several islands. Guzerat is all plain, so that they generally travel in
waggons, as in Flanders, but lighter made, which are easily drawn by
oxen, smaller than those of Spain. The country breeds cattle in great
abundance, and plenty of provisions of all sorts. The natives are of
four different kinds. The first called Baneanes Baganzariis, feed
after our manner: The second called simply Baneanes[193], who eat of
nothing that hath life. Their priests are called Vertias, who are
clothed in white, and never change their apparel till it falls in
pieces.
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