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What did Methwold describe Masulipatnam as being?
1. William Methwold, a Factor of the English East India Company, in 1620 described Masulipatnam as being the chief port of Golconda, where the Right Worshipfull East India Company had their Agent.
2. It was a small town but populous, unwalled, ill built and worse situated; within all the springs were brackish. 3. It was first a poor fishing town afterwhich the convenience of the road (a place where ships can anchor) made it a residence for merchants which allowed the English and Dutch nation to frequent the coast.
2. It was a small town but populous, unwalled, ill built and worse situated; within all the springs were brackish. 3. It was first a poor fishing town afterwhich the convenience of the road (a place where ships can anchor) made it a residence for merchants which allowed the English and Dutch nation to frequent the coast.
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