Coromandel Coast
Americannoun
noun
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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
India, too, is considered by Parlatore to have been the original home of the herbaceous type, and he specially fixes the Coromandel Coast as the first centre from which it sprang.
From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Frederick Wilkinson
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
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
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