CERNICHE, Dinis, arrested for attempting to leave Goa, 94, 95. CEYLON, first visited by L. de Almeida, 35: Portuguese power established in, 172, 194, 196: taken by the Dutch, 203. CHALÉ, defence of, 199. CHANOCA, Gaspar, envoy to Vijayanagar, 126: secretary to the _Tanadar_, 157. CHARLES V, Emperor, admires valour of João de Castro, 184. CHAUL, defeat of Portuguese off, 37: fortress built at, 175: Portuguese headquarters in north-west India, 180: defence of, 199. CHINESE, trading community at Malacca, 96: favoured by Albuquerque, 106: result of this policy, 108. CHITTAGONG, visited by the Portuguese, 178, 179. CHRISTIANS, a ruling caste on Malabar coast, 17, 25: Greek, at Socotra, 51: Nestorian, condemned at Synod of Diamper, 193. _See_ MISSIONARIES. CINNAMON obtained from Ceylon, 35, 161. _Cirne_, the, Albuquerque's flagship in first Ormuz campaign, 52. COCHIN visited by Cabral, 26: factory established at, 27, 29: Rájá succoured by F. de Albuquerque, 30: fortress built at, 31, 47: defence of by Pacheco, 31: first headquarters of Portuguese government, 35: Albuquerque invests new Rájá of, 84: Vasco da Gama dies and is buried at, 175: at war with Calicut, 194: taken by the Dutch, 203. COCHIN CHINA, Albuquerque sends to explore, 109. COELHO, Duarte, sent to Cochin China, 109. COELHO, João, first Portuguese to visit Bengal, 178. COELHO, Nicolas, commanded a ship under Vasco da Gama, 23. COGEATAR (Khojah Atár), Prime Minister of Ormuz, Albuquerque's relations with, 54-57: refuses to surrender Portuguese deserters, 57: sends Almeida's letter to Albuquerque, 58: Albuquerque's reply, 59, 60: death, 134. COGE ÇOFAR (Khojah Zufar) besieges Diu, 186. COINAGE, Albuquerque's, at Goa, 162: at Malacca, 163. COLOMBO, Portuguese build fortress at, 172. COLONISATION, Albuquerque's policy of, 152-155. COMMERCE, trade routes of Asiatic, 19-21: establishment of, the first aim of the Portuguese, 28, 94, 118, 145-148: a royal monopoly, 148, 189: Albuquerque's commercial reforms, 160-162: palmiest days of Portuguese, 189, 190: ruin of Portuguese, 204. CONCORDAT, the, 205. COROMANDEL COAST, Portuguese settlements on, 178. CORREA, Ayres, Factor, killed at Calicut, 27. CORREA, Diogo, Captain of Cannanore, 113. CORREA, Gaspar, his dates of Vasco da Gama's voyage, 24: quoted on Timoja, 71: referred to, 76_n_, 89_n_, 102. CORREA, Pedro, Ferdinand's remarks on Albuquerque to, 143, 144. CORVINEL, Francisco, first Factor at Goa, 93. COSTA, Affonso Lopes da, one of Albuquerque's mutinous captains at Ormuz, 52: signs protest, 56: deserts, 57, 58. COUTINHO, Dom Fernão de, Marshal of Portugal, places Albuquerque in power, 39, 62: insists on attacking Calicut, 68: killed, 69. COUTINHO, Dom Francisco de. _See_ REDONDO, Count of. COUTINHO, Ruy Pereira, discovers Madagascar, 50. COVILHÃO, João Peres de, travels overland to India and Abyssinia, 22, 23, 127.