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Stock# 53452
Description
Detailed plan of Fort St. George and the city of Chennai, formerly Madras.
There are a number of alpha-numeric keys and remarks on the points of interest in the area.
The English East India Company purchased land at Madras in 1635 and was granted permission to build a factory and warehouse for their trading enterprises in 1639. Later that year, Fort St George was built to protect the Company's maritime interests.
A table at the left lists 12 items of interest within the fort and the area of Black Town, also known as George Town, which was the first settlement of the city of Madras.
![[Pudicherry] Grande, belle et forte Ville des Indes Orientales, sur la côte de Corommdel, en deca du Gange. Elle est .deffendue par un bon fort. Cest le plus bel etablist. qu'ait la Comp. Franc. des Indes Oriens. Les holl la prirent en 1693; et rendirent par la paix de Risvich. Elle est habitee par des Indiens et par des Européens. Long. 98d. 7'. 30. Lati. 11d. 56'. 28](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/58954.jpg)
![The Road of Palleacate off the Coast of Coromandell [with] The Road of Tengepatnam or Fort St. David on the Coast of Coromandell](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/94807.jpg)
