Afonso de Albuquerque
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Afonso de Albuquerque, 1st Duke of Goa, was a Portuguese general, admiral, statesman, and conquistador. He served as viceroy of Portuguese India from 1509 to 1515, during which he expanded Portuguese
The Fort of Our Lady of the Conception, Hormuz Island, Iran
Statue of Afonso de Albuquerque, symbolically standing on a stack of weapons, referencing his reply in Hormuz
Afonso de Albuquerque as Governor of India
Coining of money for d'Albuquerque at Goa (1510)
Francisco de Almeida
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Dom Francisco de Almeida, was a Portuguese nobleman, soldier and explorer. He distinguished himself as a counsellor to King John II of Portugal and later in the wars against the Moors and in the conqu
Afonso de Albuquerque
…carried a sealed letter with a secret mission ordered by the king: after fulfilling the first mission, he was to replace the first viceroy of India, Francisco de Almeida, whose term ended two years later. Before departing, he legitimized his son Brás ("Braz" in the old Portuguese spelling), born to a common Portuguese…
Portuguese presence in India, Gulf of Bengal and the Himalayas (maximum extent) between the 15th and 17th centuries
A carrack, 14 of which Almeida employed in his voyage to the east
Fort St. Angelo, Cannanore
Almeida's patron, Manuel I of Portugal