Show T First Europeans In India Indian Cochin Southern sou hem lem India Idla situated n on the Arabian sea was the site of one of the first European settle settle- settlements ments on the Indian peninsula Cob Cab ral i-al dropped PP anchor In the harbor in 1500 n after 11 his attack on Calicut II miles up the tho coast Two scars Cars later Vasco da Gama visited the port The Tho next year y ar Albuquerque arrived and built the first European fort In the theLast DaGama Last On Christmas day 1524 Da Gama died at Cochin and was en- en entombed in irs a local monastery until his remains ains were removed to Por For Portugal In 1538 |