The Cafres of the Portuguese & the Dutch
The last months of 1662 in Cochin were proving to be a test
to the Portuguese who remained. The Portuguese Casado no longer carried the
usual armaments like the sword, gun or spear like their well protected, but
uncomfortable predecessors had, clad in ma…
The Kappiri slaves of Cochin
The Cafres of the Portuguese & the Dutch
The last months of 1662 in Cochin were proving to be a test
to the Portuguese who remained. The Portuguese Casado no longer carried the
usual armaments like the sword, gun or spear like their well protected, but
uncomfortable predecessors had, clad in ma…
Werner Theodor Otto Forssmann's story
Friday, Oct 12 th 1956
That was the fateful day when
the motely group comprising members of the Vereinte Aquarienfreunde (united
friends of the aquarium) met as usual at the local pub in the spa town of Bad
Kreuznach, a locale once famous for radon balneolog…
