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Capture Of St. Michael
The Capture of ''St. Michael'' (Danish language, Danish; ''Kapre af St. Michael'') or the Seizure of ''St. Michael'', was a Danish seizure of a Bengali ship in the Bay of Bengal. The Danes captured the Bengali ship and the vessel was subsequently incorporated into the Danish Navy given the name ''St. Michael''. Background In 1625 the Danish vessel, ''Jupiter'' was lost off the coast of Odisha in Bengal along with its men and goods, which resulted in the imprisonment of the captain and his crew by local Bengali authorities. Similar events happened to ''Nattergalen'' in 1626 and Loss of the St. Jacob, ''St. Jacob'' in 1640. Such considerable losses could not be tolerated by Danish India, and in 1642 governor Bernt Pessart declared war on the Mughal Empire to retaliate for their initial losses. Pessart was Conflict between Willem Leyel and Bernt Pessart, afterwards deposed, and Willem Leyel assumed office. Capture Leyel resumed privateering against the Bengalis, when he put th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay Of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line between Sangaman Kanda, Sri Lanka, and the north westernmost point of Sumatra, Indonesia. It is the largest water region called a bay in the world. There are countries dependent on the Bay of Bengal in South Asia and Southeast Asia. During the existence of British India, it was named as the Bay of Bengal after the historic Bengal region. At the time, the Port of Kolkata served as the gateway to the Crown rule in India. Cox's Bazar, the longest sea beach in the world and Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest and the natural habitat of the Bengal tiger, are located along the bay. The Bay of Bengal occupies an area of . A number of large rivers flow into the Bay of Bengal: the Ganges– Hooghly, the Padma, the Brahmaputra–Yamuna, the Barak†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
