When Cochin Became Cidade De Cochim-1527-1616

Book Name in English : When Cochin Became Cidade De Cochim-1527-1616

When Cochin Became Cidade De Cochim-1527-1616 - Eighty-Three Portuguese Royal Charters on the Making of Cochin
This volume presents translation of eighty-three Portuguese documents from the codes preserved in the Bibliotheca da Ajuda, Lisbon (No. 51-VII-14).
Spanning from a 1527 royal charter by King John III-elevating Cochin to the status of the Portuguese city of Evora-to a 1611 directive by Viceroy Dom Jeronimo de Azevedo, the collection chronicles Cochin’s transformation into a recognized Portuguese city. These historically significant charters and decrees, issued by Portuguese monarchs and viceroys over the 16th and carly 17th centuries, offer critical insight into the administrative and political shaping of colonial Cochin.