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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Tranquebar
Britannica 11thTRANQUEBAR, a town of British India, in the Tanjore district of Madras, on the sea-coast, 18 m. N. of Negapatam. Pop. (1901), 13,142. A Danish factory was opened here as early as 1620. It was taken by the British in 1801, but restored in 1814, and finally purc ...
Vol. 27, pp. 169-169
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