• Lourenço de Almeida (c. 1480 – March 1508) was a Portuguese explorer and military commander. He was born in Martim, Portugal, the son of Francisco de...
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    of Good Hope in 1510. His only son Lourenço de Almeida had previously been killed in the Battle of Chaul. Almeida was born at Lisbon. As was customary...
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  • Davincci Lourenço de Almeida is a Brazilian who became notorious in February 2017 when, because of a fake news campaign he himself had orchestrated online...
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    the captain-major of the seas of India Dom Lourenço de Almeida, son the viceroy Dom Francisco de Almeida. After Goa was conquered, governors and viceroys...
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    the Zamorin of Calicut and a Portuguese fleet under Lourenço de Almeida, son of the Viceroy Almeida. The Indian fleet, consisting of about 200 ships equipped...
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    Visconde de Montessão, ca. 1866-1867 Raimundo Venâncio Rodrigues, ca. 1868-1869 Joaquim Augusto das Neves Barateiro, ca. 1870-1871 Lourenço de Almeida Azevedo...
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    Vasco da Gama (redirect from Vasco de gama)
    January 1500. Catarina de Ataíde's mother, Maria da Silva, was the sister of Beatriz da Silva, mother of Francisco de Almeida. The Almeidas provided a substantial...
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  • Francisco de Almeida, Portuguese nobleman, statesman, soldier and explorer Germano Almeida, Cape Verde author and lawyer Lourenço de Almeida, Portuguese...
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    1507 had already left. The Portuguese, under Lourenço de Almeida, son of the Viceroy Francisco de Almeida, were inferior in number with only a light force...
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    were trying to establish relations with Ceylon, Dom Lourenço de Almeida, son of Dom Francisco de Almeida, and others arrived by chance in 1505 AD. So, the...
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  • faced and defeated the fleet of Lourenço de Almeida, son of the Portuguese viceroy of India, D. Francisco de Almeida. Following this battle, he was fiercely...
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    they fought and won the Battle of Chaul against Lourenço de Almeida, son of the Portuguese viceroy. Lourenço was killed in battle, and several Portuguese...
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    spices further east. The viceroy Dom Francisco de Almeida therefore dispatched his son Dom Lourenço de Almeida with a squadron of ships to the Maldives, with...
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    first mission, he was to replace the first viceroy of India, Francisco de Almeida, whose term ended two years later. Before departing, he legitimized his...
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  • Portuguese auto racing driver Lourenço de Almeida (c. 1480–1508), Portuguese explorer and military commander Lourenço Filho (1897–1970), Brazilian educator...
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    Almeida decides to attack the city. Almeida lands 500 Portuguese soldiers in two groups, one under himself another under his son, Lourenço de Almeida...
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  • Lourenço Marques was a 16th-century Portuguese trader and coloniser. Lourenço Marques explored the area that is now Maputo Bay in 1544 and settled permanently...
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    conquered Kannur where they founded St. Angelo Fort. The Viceroy's son Lourenço de Almeida arrived in Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka), where he discovered the source...
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    25, Magellan enlisted in the fleet of 22 ships sent to host Francisco de Almeida as the first viceroy of Portuguese India. Although his name does not appear...
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    This is the harbour where the Portuguese, under the leadership of Lourenço de Almeida, made their first landing in 1505 on the island and caused a notable...
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    Portuguese soldiers and explorers of the expedition of Lourenço de Almeida, the son of Francisco de Almeida, in 1505. The Portuguese founded a fort at the port...
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    lady of the Portuguese nobility Lourenço de Almeida (ca.1480-1508) an explorer from Martim and military commander. Gaspar de Faria (ca.1520 — 1576), was the...
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    In 1502, a small fleet of Portuguese ships, under the command of Lourenço de Almeida on their way to the Maldives, were blown off course by a storm. Realising...
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    Portuguese garrison had come into contact with the fleet of Lourenço de Almeida. Francisco de Almeida later ordered the fortress to be dismantled and the Portuguese...
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  • spices further east. The viceroy Dom Francisco de Almeida therefore dispatched his son Dom Lourenço de Almeida with a squadron of ships to the Maldives, with...
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    Portuguese commander was the captain-major of the seas of India, Lourenço de Almeida, tasked with overseeing the loading of allied merchant ships in that...
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    then torched. In this battle, the only son of Dom Francisco de Almeida, Dom Lourenço de Almeida distinguished himself. He would later in the year be the...
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    Lisbon 2 May 1790); D. Inácia Rosa de Tavora (b. Lisbon 30 August 1730, d. in infancy) D. Martinho Lourenço de Almeida (b. Lisbon, 26 September 1731, d...
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    Portuguese Barros, João de. Décadas da Ásia, Década I. bk. III., esp. ch. 3; Ruy de Pina, Chronica d'el Rei D. João II.; Garcia de Resende, Chronica; Luciano...
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    Chaul was a naval battle between a Portuguese fleet commanded by Dom Lourenço de Almeida and an Egyptian Mamluk fleet allied to a Gujarati fleet in 1508 in...
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