Mangalore

Mangalore, officially known as Mangaluru, is a major port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats. The city developed as a port in the Arabian Sea during ancient times; it has since developed into a major port of India that handles 75 per cent of India's coffee and cashew exports, and is the country's seventh largest container port. Mangalore has been ruled by several major powers, including the Kadambas, Alupas, Vijayanagar Empire, Keladi Nayaks and Portugal. The city was a source of contention between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Mysore rulers Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, and was eventually annexed by the British in 1799. Mangalore remained part of the Madras Presidency until India's independence in 1947 and was unified with Mysore State (now called Karnataka) in 1956.

Mangalore in "Last Flight of the Swan of the East"

The American ship Jacob H. Gallinger was on her way to Mangalore when she was set upon by the Meester Cornelis, a Dutch leviathan that had been captured by a group of German luftmariners under the leadership of Hellmuth von Mücke, late of the SMS Emden, which had been shot down in November 1914. The Jacob H. Gallinger's skipper, Drinkwater, believed the Dutch ship was the Emden. Mücke allowed Drinkwater to believe that the Dutch ship was the Emden. When the Jacob H. Gallinger arrived in Mangalore, the crew spread that rumor.