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may 1, 1620 - First Danish Factory at Tranquebar

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The first expedition set sail in 1618 under Admiral Ove Gjedde, taking two years to reach Ceylon and losing more than half their crew on the way. Upon arriving in May 1620, date unknown

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may 1, 1620
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~ 406 years ago