Shakespeare termed India the Land of Opportunities. Hagel called India as Land of Desire. There were three trade routes to India through Caspian and Black sea, another from the Mediterranean sea, and another from Egypt via the Red Sea. All the route was closed due to the defeat of Constantinople by Turkey. The Portuguese: In 1498 Vasco Da Gama reach Calicut during the reign of King Zamorin. They Established Taxde centers in Calicut, Cochin, and cannivore. Cochin was the Initial capital of the Portuguese but later it was replaced by Goa. The First Portuguese Governor was Fransisco de Almedia and he introduced the Policy of Bluewater (as opposed to establishing a territorial empire in India and wanted the Portuguese should maintain supremacy on the sea and confine their activities to purely commercial transactions. This policy is known as the Bluewater policy.) In 1509 The Portuguese Governor Alfanso de Albuquerque The policy of Imperialism. ( Portuguese Go...
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