Bernt Pessart
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Bernt Pessart was a Danish overhoved and self-proclaimed President of Danish India from 1636 to 1643. In his early years, he served the Dutch East India Company in Bantam, and in September 1636, he be
View of Masulipatam (Bandar), 1676. Originally an unimportant fishing village, yet in the 17th century its commercial importance began to grow.
Danish East India Company
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The Danish East India Company refers to two separate Danish-Norwegian chartered companies. The first company operated between 1616 and 1650. The second company existed between 1670 and 1729, however,
Fort Dansborg at Tranquebar, built by Ove Gedde in 1620.
The Tranquebar Treaty of 1620.