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Afonso de Albuquerque, 1st Duke of Goa ( c. 1453 – 16 December 1515), was a Portuguese general, admiral, and statesman. He served as viceroy of Portuguese India from 1509 to 1515, during which he expanded Portuguese influence across the Indian Ocean and built a reputation as a fierce and skilled military commander.
Afonso de Albuquerque was a Portuguese soldier, conqueror of Goa (1510) in India and of Melaka (1511) on the Malay Peninsula. His program to gain control of all the main maritime trade routes of the East and to build permanent fortresses with settled populations laid the foundations of Portuguese.
Alfonso de Albuquerque, juga dikenali sebagai Afonso de Albuquerque atau Afonso d'Albuquerque (1453–16 Disember 1515), ialah seorang laksamana tentera laut, penjajah, negarawan dan pengembang Empayar Portugal di Lautan Hindi.
Afonso de Albuquerque, or Afonso the Great, (born 1453, Alhandra, near Lisbon—died Dec. 15, 1515, at sea, off Goa, India), Portuguese soldier, conqueror of Goa (1510) and of Melaka (1511). He gained military experience as a soldier in North Africa for 10 years but made his reputation fighting in Asia.
Alfonso de Albuquerque was for some time known as The Great, The Caesar of the East and as The Portuguese Mars. An exquisite variety of mango, that he used to bring from Brazil on his journeys to India, has been named in his honor, and is today sold throughout the world as King Alphonso mangoes.
The Capture of Malacca in 1511 occurred when the governor of Portuguese India Afonso de Albuquerque conquered the city of Malacca in 1511. The port city of Malacca controlled the narrow, strategic Strait of Malacca, through which all seagoing trade between China and India was concentrated. [8] .
Jun 8, 2018 · Afonso d'Albuquerque, known as "the Great," was born in Alhandra, near Lisbon, Portugal, and died at sea off Goa, India. He was the second governor of India, who laid the foundations of the Portuguese Empire in the Orient. Albuquerque was the second son of the senhor of Vila Verde.
Afonso de Albuquerque, the Great. 1453-1515. Portuguese military officer and strategist who contributed significantly to Portuguese efforts to control the main trade routes to Asia. He conquered India and established a colony in Goa (India) in 1510 and a colony in Melaka ( Malay Peninsula) in 1511.
Afonso de Albuquerque (1452-1514) bestrides the Age of Discoveries like a colossus seizing Goa and Malacca and carving out a Portuguese empire in India & South East Asia.
In October 1507 Afonso de Albuquerque, with a force of only seven ships and five hundred men, attacked Ormuz, capital of a small island sultanate, strategically situated near the entrance to the Persian Gulf and one of the most important entrepôts in the western Indian Ocean.
