Afonso de Albuquerque

Afonso de Albuquerque : biography 1453 - 1515 Afonso de Albuquerque (Alhandra ca. 1453 - December 16, 1515, at sea), commonly known as...

Afonso de Albuquerque

Afonso de Albuquerque : biography 1453 - 1515 The Last Sight of Goa Albuquerque's life ended on a bitter note, with a painful...

Afonso de Albuquerque

Afonso de Albuquerque : biography 1453 - 1515 In February 1513, while Mateus was in Portugal, Albuquerque sailed to the Red Sea with a force...

Afonso de Albuquerque

Afonso de Albuquerque : biography 1453 - 1515 China expeditions, 1513 In early 1513, Jorge Álvares— sailing on a mission under Albuquerque's orders — was...

Afonso de Albuquerque

Afonso de Albuquerque : biography 1453 - 1515 Albuquerque prepared Malacca's defences against any Malay counterattack, immediately building a fortress, assigning his men to shifts...

Afonso de Albuquerque

Afonso de Albuquerque : biography 1453 - 1515 In Goa, Albuquerque started the first Portuguese mint in the East, after complaints from merchants and Timoja...

Afonso de Albuquerque

Afonso de Albuquerque : biography 1453 - 1515 On 4 November 1509, Albuquerque became the second Governor of the State of India, a position he...

Afonso de Albuquerque

Afonso de Albuquerque : biography 1453 - 1515 Albuquerque's operations sent a voyage pushing further south which made the European discovery of Timor in the...

Afonso de Albuquerque

Afonso de Albuquerque : biography 1453 - 1515 On February 3, 1509, Almeida fought the naval Battle of Diu against a joint fleet of Mamluks,...

Afonso de Albuquerque

Afonso de Albuquerque : biography 1453 - 1515 He became known as "the Terrible",(The Career and Legend of Vasco Da Gama, by Sanjay Subrahmanyam, p....