Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p "The Battle of Cochin sometimes referred as the Second Siege of Cochin was a series of confrontations, between March and July 1504, fought on land and sea, principally between the Portuguese garrison at Cochin, allied to the Trimumpara Raja, and the armies of the Zamorin of Calicut and vassal Malabari states.The celebrated heroics of the tiny Portuguese garrison, led by Duarte Pacheco Pereira, in fending off an invading army several hundred times bigger, has led it to be sometimes characterized as the 'Portuguese Thermopylae'. It proved a humiliating defeat for the Zamorin of Calicut. He not only failed to conquer Cochin, but his inability to crush the tiny opposition undermined the faith of his vassals and allies. The Zamorin lost much of his traditional authority over the Malabar states of India in the aftermath. The preservation of Cochin secured the continued presence of the Portuguese in India."@en }
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- Battle_of_Cochin_(1504) abstract "The Battle of Cochin sometimes referred as the Second Siege of Cochin was a series of confrontations, between March and July 1504, fought on land and sea, principally between the Portuguese garrison at Cochin, allied to the Trimumpara Raja, and the armies of the Zamorin of Calicut and vassal Malabari states.The celebrated heroics of the tiny Portuguese garrison, led by Duarte Pacheco Pereira, in fending off an invading army several hundred times bigger, has led it to be sometimes characterized as the 'Portuguese Thermopylae'. It proved a humiliating defeat for the Zamorin of Calicut. He not only failed to conquer Cochin, but his inability to crush the tiny opposition undermined the faith of his vassals and allies. The Zamorin lost much of his traditional authority over the Malabar states of India in the aftermath. The preservation of Cochin secured the continued presence of the Portuguese in India.".