Jerónimo de Azevedo
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Dom Jerónimo de Azevedo was a Portuguese fidalgo, Governor of Portuguese Ceylon and viceroy of Portuguese India. He proclaimed in Colombo, in 1597, the King of Portugal, Philip I, as the legitimate he
Jerónimo de Azevedo
Dom Jerónimo de Azevedo, in Lyvro das Plataformas das Fortalezas da India by Manuel Godinho de Erédia
The 12th century tower of the Honra de Barbosa, near Penafiel, Portugal, where Dom Jerónimo de Azevedo was born
The Fort of São Jerónimo in Daman. Azevedo ordered its building in the year 1615, while viceroy in Goa.
Campaign of Danture
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The Campaign of Danture comprised a series of encounters between the Portuguese and the Kingdom of Kandy in 1594, part of the Sinhalese–Portuguese War. It is considered a turning point in the indigeno
Jerónimo de Azevedo
…force. Azevedo arrived in Colombo with fresh troops on 24 December 1594, barely three months after his predecessor, Pedro Lopes de Sousa died at the battle of Danture (9 October 1594). The Portuguese army had been annihilated by the Kandyan forces in that battle and Azevedo found a kingdom of Kotte in full rebellion…
The Portuguese army at Kandy during the campaign of Danture, by Philippus Baldaeus
Terrain near Kandy: much of the kingdom was mountainous, thickly forested and devoid of roads; the climate was often cold, with violent winds and rains.
Looking down from the Balana pass