Re: [GRN] Re: Dutch map ‘stolen from the Portuguese’

[John de Figueiredo]

May I ask you to send me the sources where where you obtained the information about the Ilha de Chorão? John M. de Figueiredo  Sent from my iPhone On Oct 6, 2024, at 2:50 PM, 'Pedro Mascarenhas' via Goa-Research-Net <goa-research-net@googlegroups.com> wrote:  John( ..........In fact, the Island of Chorão, where many of them lived, was known as “Ilha dos Fidalgos” (Island of Nobility........). On the island of Chorão, the Portuguese colonizers had Goan and African slaves. They were self-proclaimed aristocrats who left Portugal where poverty was rampant. True aristocrats would never leave their land to go to Goa and lose their lives and possessions knowing that the Mughals and Marathas would attack whenever they could.   Nuno(............The Portuguese difference was the willingness of mixing with other ethnic groups, from the casual sexual intercourse to marriage and to the ability to "go native"...........)   The English did not mix in India because they were from the upper middle and upper class. Most of the Portuguese were from the lower class and illiterate. They raped many women and abandoned them and their mixed race children. Here is a report that clearly explains what happened in a certain colony, where even many Goans were settled: https://acervo.publico.pt/mundo/noticia/quantos-milhoes-morreram-na-saga-do-colonialismo-1724884       -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/1173903945.13467151.1728137663385%40mail.yahoo.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/9E0FCCAD-24FD-45A6-ADE6-931427478E96%40sbcglobal.net.