Campaign of Danture
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The Campaign of Danture comprised a series of encounters between the Portuguese and the Kingdom of Kandy in 1594, part of the Sinhalese–Portuguese War. It is considered a turning point in the indigeno
The Portuguese army at Kandy during the campaign of Danture, by Philippus Baldaeus
Terrain near Kandy: much of the kingdom was mountainous, thickly forested and devoid of roads; the climate was often cold, with violent winds and rains.
Looking down from the Balana pass
Between 1518 and 1658, armed conflict took place between the native Sinhalese kingdoms of Sri Lanka, and the Portuguese Empire. It spanned from the Transitional to the Kandyan periods of Sri Lankan hi
Campaign of Danture
…The Campaign of Danture comprised a series of encounters between the Portuguese and the Kingdom of Kandy in 1594, part of the Sinhalese–Portuguese War. It is considered a turning point in the indigenous resistance to Portuguese expansion. For the first time in Sri Lanka, a Portuguese army was essentially…
Lithograph of a 1501 Portuguese inscription on a boulder in Colombo
Plan view of Portuguese Colombo, made in 1650
A Portuguese illustration of Sinhalese warriors, produced c. 1540