A New Account of the Diamond Mines of the Deccan
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1996
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Popular Prakashan
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This account is drawn from a manuscript in Madrid National Library and till recently unpublished. It is an autobiographical account of a diamond trader who lived in Goa in the 17th century and travelled to various regions of India and elsewhere in Asia in search of diamonds. Jacques de Couttre, a flemish merchant, was a victim of the Goa Inquisition, but his diamonds won him freedom!
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DIAMONDS, DECCAN, INDIA, COUTTRE, GOA
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in Medieval Deccan History: Commemoration volume in honour of P.M. Joshi, Bombay, Popular Prakashan, 1996, pp. 124-134