Charnock, J.

Japanese: Charnock,J.(英語表記)CharnockJ
Charnock, J.

…But for Europeans who had traveled north along the Coromandel coast, the Hugli River at the western end of the Ganga Delta was the shortest point in Bengal, and it was easy to advance to the inland areas of the Ganga Plain through the river system. J. Charnock of the British East India Company first arrived here in 1686. At that time, there were only three rural settlements from the north to the north of Calcutta, Sutānuti (north of the present Howrah Bridge), Kālikata (around the present Dalhousie Square, where the local name originates), and Govindpur (southern Maidan). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Charnock, J." is listed below.

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Japanese:

…しかしコロマンデル海岸ぞいに北上してきたヨーロッパ人にとって,ガンガー川デルタの西端にあるフグリ川は,ベンガルのなかで最短地点にあり,かつ同川水系を通じてガンガー平原の内陸地方への進出が容易であった。イギリス東インド会社のチャーノックJ.Charnockがここに最初にやって来たのは,1686年であった。フグリ川東岸にそう自然堤防上の現在のカルカッタの地には,当時,北からスターヌティSutānuti(現在のハウラー橋北方),カーリーカタKālīkata(現在のダルフージ広場周辺で現地名の語源),ゴービンドプルGovindpur(現在のマイダンMaidan南部)の3農村集落があるのみであった。…

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