The Seventh India Armada was assembled in 1505 on the order of King Manuel I of Portugal and placed under the command of D. Francisco de Almeida, the first Portuguese Viceroy of the Indies. The 7th Ar
Depiction of the 7th India Armada (Almeida, 1505), from the Memória das Armadas, c. 1568
Depiction of the 7th India Armada (Almeida, 1505), from the Livro de Lisuarte de Abreu, c. 1565
City of Kilwa (Quíloa), c. 1572
City of Mombasa (Mombaça), c. 1572
The 4th Portuguese India Armada was a Portuguese fleet that sailed from Lisbon in February, 1502. Assembled on the order of King Manuel I of Portugal and placed under the command of Vasco da Gama, it
Vasco da Gama
4th Armada of 1502 (from Livro de Lisuarte de Abreu)
East Africa, c. 1500. The Kilwa Sultanate held formal sway from Malindi in the north, to Cape Correntes in the south.
The Custódia de Belém, forged from Kilwa tribute