The Portuguese conquest of Goa occurred when the governor Afonso de Albuquerque captured the city in 1510 from the Sultanate of Bijapur. Old Goa became the capital of Portuguese India, which included
The Portuguese sacking the royal palace of Calicut by Tancredi Scarpelli [it]
Mercenary Turkic horseman, depicted by the Portuguese in the Códice Casanatense
The Adil Shahi–Portuguese conflicts were various armed engagements that took place in India between the Portuguese Empire and the Sultanate of Bijapur, ruled by the Adil Shahi dynasty, whose rulers we
Portuguese sketch of a Kanarese foot-soldier of Goa from the Códice Casanatense.
The viceroy of India Dom João de Castro.
Sketch of a Portuguese galley at the Bijapur port city of Dabul by Dom João de Castro.