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'''Mount Formosa''' was the Portuguese-British colonial-era name attributed to a group of contiguous hills near [[Kanhangad]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]. |
'''Mount Formosa''' was the Portuguese-British colonial-era name attributed to a group of contiguous hills near [[Kanhangad]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]. |
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The British colonial geographer and historian [[James Horsburgh]] stated that it is approximately located at 12° 22′ N latitude, at a distance of about 9 [[Nautical league|nautical leagues]] from [[Mangalore]] and about 6 - 6.5 nautical leagues from [[Ezhimala Hill|Mount Dilly]]. |
The British colonial geographer and historian [[James Horsburgh]] stated that it is approximately located at 12° 22′ N latitude, at a distance of about 9 [[Nautical league|nautical leagues]] from [[Mangalore]] and about 6 - 6.5 nautical leagues from [[Ezhimala Hill|Mount Dilly]].<ref name="book_india_directory_1836">{{cite book|last1=Horsburgh|first1=James|title=India Directory, Or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia, Cape of Good Hope, Brazil, and the Interjacent Ports, Volume 1|date=1836|publisher=W.H. Allen and Co.|location=London|page=421|edition=Fourth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GuY2AQAAMAAJ&q=malabar+dilly&pg=PA421|accessdate=5 October 2017}}</ref> |
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<ref name="book_india_directory_1836">{{cite book|last1=Horsburgh|first1=James|title=India Directory, Or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia, Cape of Good Hope, Brazil, and the Interjacent Ports, Volume 1|date=1836|publisher=W.H. Allen and Co.|location=London|page=421|edition=Fourth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GuY2AQAAMAAJ&q=malabar+dilly&pg=PA421|accessdate=5 October 2017}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:25, 13 February 2024
Mount Formosa was the Portuguese-British colonial-era name attributed to a group of contiguous hills near Kanhangad, Kerala, India. The British colonial geographer and historian James Horsburgh stated that it is approximately located at 12° 22′ N latitude, at a distance of about 9 nautical leagues from Mangalore and about 6 - 6.5 nautical leagues from Mount Dilly.[1]
References
- ^ Horsburgh, James (1836). India Directory, Or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia, Cape of Good Hope, Brazil, and the Interjacent Ports, Volume 1 (Fourth ed.). London: W.H. Allen and Co. p. 421. Retrieved 5 October 2017.