The English East India Company landed 200 men from eight ships under Allen Catchpole on Côn Lôn and built a fort with cannon; the governor of Trấn Biên, Trương Phúc Phan, sent fifteen Malay hirelings who rose against the garrison and destroyed the post.
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English East India Company settlement on Côn Đảo
- 1702 – 1703
- Southeast Asia
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