Soon there arose a great religious persecution by the Nayak of Madurai who had by this time taken control of the Pearl Fishery Coast.
22.
The first The Doric " and converted the fort into accommodation for the officers, who operated the pearl fisheries in the area.
23.
The ancient town of Korkai ( the modern Tuticorin ) has been a centre for maritime trade and pearl fishery for more than 2000 years.
24.
Portuguese traders reached Sri Lanka in 1505; their initial forays were against the southwestern coastal pearl fisheries extending to Puttalam from the Jaffna kings.
25.
The " Periplus " says that the Pandyan kingdom extended from Comari towards the north, including Korkai, where the pearl fisheries were.
26.
The southern port of Tuticorin was a centre of conch-fishing but Madras, along with Ceylon, was mainly known for its pearl fisheries.
27.
The Portuguese had many involvements in South India, including their support of the Paravars in a trade battle over control of the pearl fisheries of pepper.
28.
In ancient times, Korkai was a well known center of pearl fishery; it is mentioned often in the Sangam literature and in classical western literature.
29.
In October 1542, St . Francis Xavier arrived on the shores of the Pearl Fishery Coast to catechize them and strengthen them further in their faith.
30.
The Ottomans again attacked the Portuguese possessions of the coast of India in 1553, with a raid on the Pearl Fishery Coast of South India around Tuticorin.
