sentences:  Hulft had occupied Ceylon he served from 1657 under Rijklof van Goens, who had occupied the Coromandel and Negapatnam in 1658.Baldaeus served in Jaffanapatnam and Point de Galle, and preached either in Dutch or the Portuguese (language).The Dutch campaign against the Portuguese began in Jaffna, passing Mannar, Tuticorin and Nagapattinam and ended in South India.