1644.—(Speaking of the Daman district above Bombay.)—"The fruits are nearly all the same as those that you get in India, and especially many Mangas and Cassaras (?), which are like chestnuts."—Bocarro, MS.
It is remarkable to find the term used, in a similar restricted sense, by the Court of the E.I.C. in writing to Fort St. George. They certainly mean some part of the west coast.
1670.—They desire that [dungarees] may be supplied thence if possible, as "they were not procurable on the Coast of India, by reason of the disturbances of Sevajee."—Notes and Exts., Pt. i. 2.
1673.—"The Portugals ... might have subdued India by this time, had not we fallen out with them, and given them the first Blow at Ormuz ... they have added some Christians to those formerly converted by St. Thomas, but it is a loud Report to say all India."—Fryer, 137.
1881.—In a correspondence with Sir R. Morier, we observe the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs calls their Goa Viceroy "The Governor General of India."
India of the Dutch.
1876.—The Dorian "is common throughout all India."—Filet, Plant-Kunding Woordenboek, 196.
Indies applied to America.
1563.—"And please to tell me ... which is better, this (Radix Chinae) or the guiacão of our Indies as we call them...."—Garcia, f. 177.
INDIAN. This word in English first occurs, according to Dr. Guest, in the following passage:—