Goa

Maps on our site:

• 1572, Braun and Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, map I-57

Find more maps:

• Port of Goa, Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1764
  From the website of Biblioteca Nationale Marciana:
  

Was under Bahmani dynasty in 15th cen.; taken by Portuguese in 1510; became flourishing colonial capital of 200,000 inhabitants; cholera epidemics ravaged city & inhabitants fled to nearby village (modern Panaji) in mid-18th cen.; many ruins remain.

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