Place · Malabar river port · India
Baliapatam (Valapattanam)
Also known as Valapattanam, Baliapatnam, Baliapatam, Balliapatam
The river port just north of Kannur, on the Valapattanam, in the territory of the Ali Rajas of Cannanore. Bolts established an Austrian factory here in 1776 alongside the existing English and French interests, making this the third of the imperial flag's three Malabar and Kanara stations.
- Function
- Trade & production
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 11.933, 75.350
Worth knowing
The Ali Rajas were the only Muslim ruling house on the Malabar coast and held the Laccadive islands, which gave them a say in the coir and coconut trade that European companies wanted. Baliapatam later became a timber and tile-making town on the same river.
Connections (1)
- Trade routeKarwar
Karwar, Mangalore and Baliapatam are three points on two hundred and fifty miles of the Kanara and Malabar coast, and together they were Austrian India's second attempt entire. All three were unfortified buying stations in Indian-ruled territory, which is the model Denmark also used — the commerce of a small power that cannot afford to govern.
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Sources
Wikipedia, “Valapattanam”. Walter Markov, Die koloniale Versuche Österreichs im 18. Jahrhundert (1965); Malabar District Gazetteer (1908).
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