ships within and from the Bay of Bengal from June to November showed a total of , men, women and children – of which , died. She further wrote that the export of Coromandel slaves surged during a famine caused by the Nayak rulers of Thanjavur, Senji and Madurai, after the fall of Vijayanagara empire. A subsequent invasion of the Bijapur army led to the destruction of fertile agricultural lands of Thanjavur pushing more people into slavery. This time ( ) around slaves, mostly drawn from places situated along the coasts like Adiramapattinam, Tondi and Kayalpattinam.
XI History - Lesson - - The Coming of the Europeans Nadu, Serampore in West Bengal and Nicobar Islands were their possessions in India. On March , the King of Denmark, Christian IV, issued a charter and created a Danish East India Company. This Company did not get any positive response from the Danish traders. Admiral Ove Gjedde led the first expedition to Ceylon in .
The Danes could not get any trade contract in Ceylon. While they were returning in disappointment their main vessel was sunk by the Portuguese at Karaikkal. Thirteen stranded sailors with their trade director Robert Crappe were taken to the Nayak ruler of Thanjavur. Robert Crappe ably negotiated with the Thanjavur King and struck an agreement.
According to the agreement signed on November , the Danes received the village of Tarangambadi or Tranquebar and the right to construct a Fort there. Tarangambadi Fort The Danish fort at Tarangambadi was vulnerable to high tidal waves which frequently damaged roads and houses. Despite their involvement in the Thirty Years War and the financial loss they suffered, the Danish managed to set up a factory at Masulipatnam. Small trading posts were established at Pipli (Hoogly River) and Balasore.
Investors in Denmark wanted to dissolve the Danish East India Company, but King Christian IV resisted it. Finally after his death in his son Frederick abolished it. A second Danish East India Company was started in . Trade between Denmark and Tarangambadi resumed and many new