Portuguese Ceylon
E12377
Portuguese Ceylon was the period of Portuguese colonial rule over parts of the island of Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka) from the early 16th to mid-17th century, marked by control of coastal regions and the spice trade.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Portuguese Ceylon canonical | 9 |
| Colombo (as a Portuguese stronghold during his reign) | 1 |
| Portuguese colonial authorities in Ceylon | 1 |
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese overseas possession
ⓘ
early modern polity ⓘ former colony ⓘ |
| capital | Colombo ⓘ |
| colonialPower |
Portugal
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Portugal
|
| conflictWith |
Dutch East India Company
ⓘ
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Kandy
|
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| controlledAreaType | coastal regions ⓘ |
| country | Portugal ⓘ |
| didNotControl | interior Kingdom of Kandy at most times ⓘ |
| dominantColonialReligion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| endDate | 1658 ⓘ |
| endDateApproximate | mid-17th century ⓘ |
| endEvent | expulsion of Portuguese by the Dutch and the Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon)
ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch Ceylon
|
| fortifications |
Colombo
ⓘ
surface form:
Colombo Fort
Galle ⓘ
surface form:
Galle Fort (early Portuguese fortifications)
Jaffna ⓘ
surface form:
Jaffna Fort
|
| governedBy |
Portuguese viceroy in Goa
ⓘ
captain-major of Ceylon ⓘ governor of Ceylon ⓘ |
| heritage |
Portuguese loanwords in Sinhala and Tamil
ⓘ
spread of Catholic communities in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| introducedLanguageContact | Portuguese Creole in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| languageOfAdministration | Portuguese ⓘ |
| localLanguages |
Sinhala
ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sri Lanka
ⓘ
surface form:
Ceylon
|
| locatedInPresentDay | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| mainPort |
Colombo
ⓘ
Galle ⓘ Negombo ⓘ |
| majorExport |
areca nut
ⓘ
cinnamon ⓘ elephants ⓘ pepper ⓘ |
| partOf | Portuguese Empire ⓘ |
| precededBy | indigenous Sri Lankan kingdoms ⓘ |
| preExistingReligions |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity | spice trade ⓘ |
| region | South Asia ⓘ |
| religionPolicy | promotion of Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| startDate | 1505 ⓘ |
| startDateApproximate | early 16th century ⓘ |
| startEvent | arrival of Lourenço de Almeida in Ceylon ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of Indian Ocean trade routes
ⓘ
monopoly over cinnamon trade ⓘ |
| successorState |
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon)
ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch Ceylon
|
| timePeriod |
Age of Exploration
ⓘ
surface form:
Age of Discovery
early modern period ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Portuguese colonial authorities in Ceylon
this entity surface form:
Colombo (as a Portuguese stronghold during his reign)