Capture of Malacca (1511)
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The Capture of Malacca in 1511 occurred when the governor of Portuguese India Afonso de Albuquerque conquered the city of Malacca in 1511.
Portuguese watercolour of Malayan people of Malacca, c. 1540, featured in the Códice Casanatense
An illustration of a Malay couple, from Reise nach Batavia, between 1669 and 1682
Diogo Lopes de Sequeira.
16th-century Portuguese carrack.
Lancaran (ship)
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A lancaran or lanchara is a type of sailing ship used in Maritime Southeast Asia. Although similar in shape to Mediterranean galleys, the lancaran was the backbone of the regional fleet of the western
A galley or lancaran from Madura, 1601. Notice the balai (raised fighting platform), three forward-facing cetbang, and at least one cetbang located near the aft of the ship.
Ipanitika
Wa'a kaulua
Paraw