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Re: 80 jours: Golgonde vs Golconde

From: Swati <32swati~at~gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 06:41:29 +0100
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Hi Garmt,
As far as I know there is no Golconda or Golgonda near Bengal & certainly
none IN Bengal. There is only the Golconda near Hyderabad as you have
rightly pointed out, which used to be famous for its diamonds. So I can't
explain this line. But maybe someone else has some more information
Best,
Swati

2009/11/30 Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd <garmtdevries~at~gmail.com>

> Dear friends,
>
> Here's a question on Indian topography that I ran into while reading
> chapter XIV of "Le tour du monde en 80 jours".
>
> Early on in the chapter, the city Golgonde is mentioned: "... des plus
> beaux diamants de Golconde... ". This obviously refers to the city
> known as Golkonda or Golconda, just west of Hyderabad, which was
> indeed renowned for its diamonds.
>
> At the end of the chapter, there is a list of places that Fogg didn't
> see on his way from Allahabad to Calcutta: "on n'aperçut plus rien des
> merveilles du Bengale, ni Golgonde, ni Gour en ruine, ni Mourshedabad,
> qui fut autrefois capitale, ni Burdwan, ni Hougly, ni
> Chandernagor...".
>
> Now, whereas Gour (aka Gaur), Mourshedabad (Murshidabad), Burdwan
> (Bardhaman), Hougly (Hooghly) and Chandernagor (Chandannagar) are all
> places in Bengal, more or less on Fogg's itinerary, I haven't been
> able to identify this Golgonde that Verne mentions. All the
> translations of the novel that I've checked just translate it as
> "Golconda", i.e. the same place as the Golconde that was mentioned
> earlier in the chapter. But that town lies hundreds of kilometres
> away, in a completely different part of India. Moreover, the two
> spellings are different in the French original, although that might
> also be a typing error.
>
> Does anyone know if there is a place in Bengal that was referred to
> (in French) as Golgonde?
>
> BTW, in a later chapter Verne mentions the P&O ship Golgonda, yet
> another spelling!
>
> Cheers,
> Garmt.
>
>
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