Battle of Cochin
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The Battle of Cochin, sometimes referred as the second siege of Cochin, was a series of confrontations, between March and July 1504, fought on land and sea, principally between the Portuguese garrison
Duarte Pacheco's victory at the Battle of Cochin, Portuguese lithograph from 1840
Duarte Pacheco Pereira, first commander of Fort Manuel of Cochin
People from Calicut, depicted in a 16th century woodcut.
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