Sack of Bombay (1626)

Sack of Bombay (1626)
Part of Anglo-Portuguese rivalry in the Persian Gulf and Dutch–Portuguese War

Davies' sketch of Bombay harbour, 1626
Date14–15 October 1626[1]
Location
Bombay, India
Result Anglo–Dutch victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Estado da Índia East India Company
Dutch East India
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Unknown
Strength
Unknown 14 ships[2]
300 men[1]

The Sack of Bombay (also known as the Bombardment of Bombay) was a short Anglo–Dutch raid on the Portuguese settlement at Bombay in October 1626.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Grey 1932, p. 192.
  2. ^ Grey 1932, p. 191.
  3. ^ Boxer 1935, p. 108.
  4. ^ Boxer 2014, p. 317.

Bibliography

  • Boxer, Charles Ralph (1935). "Anglo-Portuguese Rivalry in the Persian Gulf 1615–1635". In Edgar Prestage (ed.). Chapters in Anglo-Portuguese Relations. Watford, Hertfordshire: Voss and Michael. pp. 46–129.
  • Boxer, C. R., ed. (2014) [1930]. Commentaries of Ruy Freyre de Andrada. Oxford: Routledge.
  • Grey, Charles (1932). Sir George MacMunn (ed.). The Merchant Venturers of London: A Record of Far Eastern Trade & Piracy during the Seventeenth Century. London: H. F. & G. Witherby.
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