Coromandel Coast
Americannoun
noun
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Then, wanting to cross waters too deep for a pole, they invented the first paddles; and so made the same sort of catamaran that you can still see on the Coromandel Coast in southern India.
From Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas by William Charles Henry Wood
Cuddalore, British post in India, on Coromandel Coast, besieged by Hyder Ali and Suffren, 242; taken by Hyder Ali, 244; British attempt to retake, 252; relieved by Suffren, 252-254.
From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
The devastating effects of these storm-waves is still further illustrated by the total destruction of Coringa, on the Coromandel Coast, in 1789.
From The Ocean and its Wonders by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Three hundred years ago, Madras, under the name of 'Madraspatnam' was a tiny rural village on the Coromandel Coast.
From The Story of Madras by Glyn Barlow
On the Coromandel Coast, at Madagascar, in the African waters, and above all in the West Indian and American seas, the pirates were a constant menace.
From The Green Flag by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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