The Fifth India Armada was assembled in 1503 on the order of King Manuel I of Portugal and placed under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque. It was Albuquerque's first trip to India. It was not a par
Depiction of the 5th India Armada (Albuquerque, 1503), from the Memória das Armadas
Afonso de Albuquerque
Headlands and bays around the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Cape Town: Table Bay (left), Cape Point peninsula (right) and False Bay (behind)
Duarte Pacheco Pereira
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Duarte Pacheco Pereira, called the Portuguese Achilles by the poet Camões, was a Portuguese sea captain, soldier, explorer and cartographer. He travelled particularly in the central Atlantic Ocean wes
Portuguese presence in India and Bengal Gulf at max extent (16th and 17th centuries)