The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c17.18
The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c17.18
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c17.18
But the Portuguese were not the only nation who made use of their maritime power against weaker states and denied to them the right of free navigation. On 11 February 1664, the Dutch East India Company concluded a treaty with ‘Adersia, Ruler and Chief of the Moors, in the countries under the King Kalatry’, by which they not only secured a monopoly of the spice trade of the country but also restricted the right of free navigation of Adersia’s people as the following significant Articles show: