According to Rohe, Jasper
Correa, an officer in Vasco da Gama's expedition to Calicut,
states that Zamorin, the chief of Calicut, lost 20,000 troops by
the disease. Although cholera has frequently extended to Europe
and America, its ravages have never been nearly as extensive as
in the Oriental outbreaks. An excellent short historic sketch of
the epidemics of the cholera observed beyond the borders of India
has been given by Rohe. In 1817 cholera crossed the boundaries of
India, advancing southeasterly to Ceylon, and westerly to
Mauritius, reaching the African coast in 1820. In the following
two years it devastated the Chinese Empire and invaded Japan,
appearing at the port of Nagasaki in 1822. It advanced into
Asiatic Russia, and appeared as far east as St. Petersburg in
1830, from whence it spread north to Finland. In 1831 it passed
through Germany, invading France and the western borders of
Europe, entering the British Isles in 1832, and crossing the
Atlantic Ocean for the first time, appeared in Canada, having
been carried thence by some Irish emigrants.
From Canada it directly made its way to the United States by way
of Detroit. In the same year (1832) it appeared in New York and
rapidly spread along the Atlantic coast.
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