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...

led to a temporary retreat by the Portuguese from Indian waters. Afonso de Albuquerque arrived at Cannanore at the close of 1508 and immediately made known...

diplomat who worked under the explorer and colonial administrator Afonso de Albuquerque. His encounter with Ming China in 1517—after initial contacts by...

António de Abreu (c. 1480 – c. 1514) was a 16th-century Portuguese navigator and naval officer. He participated under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque in...

Portuguese conquest of Hormuz in 1507 occurred when the Portuguese Afonso de Albuquerque attacked Hormuz Island to establish the Fortress of Hormuz. This...

reached India in 1515 to succeed Afonso de Albuquerque as governor. Lopo Soares de Albergaria (sometimes called Lopo Soares de Alvarenga, or simply Lopo Soares)...

de Sampaio e Melo de Vasconcelos, married to Maria Helena do Patrocínio Nogueira Maria José de Sampaio e Melo de Vasconcelos, married to José Afonso de...

Scion of the Albuquerques, Jerónimo was the son of Lopo de Albuquerque and Joana de Bulhão, a cousin of Afonso de Albuquerque and Garcia de Noronha, both...

João Afonso de Albuquerque, O.F.M. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Goa (1537–1553). João de Albuquerque was ordained a...

following several losses and the destruction of the sloop NRP Afonso de Albuquerque. After that he fell into disgrace at the eyes of Salazar, who never...

that Sultan Mahmud Shah was planning his assassination. This gave Afonso de Albuquerque the opportunity to embark upon his expedition of conquests. Sequeira...

after her marriage to Afonso VI of Portugal had been annulled. Similarly, the Duke of Cadaval, Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval, the...

were headed by the factor Rui de Araújo, who managed to slip letters to the governor of Portuguese India Afonso de Albuquerque from prison with the aid of...

Martim Afonso de Sousa (c. 1500 – 21 July 1564) was a Portuguese fidalgo, explorer and colonial administrator. Martim Afonso de Sousa was born in Vila...

apartment is now a museum Luís de Sttau Monteiro, Portuguese writer Jorge Costa Pinto Jorge Borges de Macedo Rão Kyao João Afonso Manuel João Vieira João D'Ávila...

with the 2nd governor of Portuguese India, Afonso de Albuquerque, quickly deteriorated, because Duarte de Lemos was a supporter of what historians now...

Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Coimbra. p. 6. Pelúcia, Alexandra (2016). "Afonso de Albuquerque : corte, cruzada e império | WorldCat.org" [Afonso de Albuquerque...

Ethiopia and India Pero de Barcelos, explorer of North America Afonso de Albuquerque, naval admiral and viceroy of India António de Abreu, explorer of Indonesia...

Indian coast from Diu down to Cape Comorin. Afonso de Albuquerque was Captain-General of the latter. Jorge de Aguiar was made Captain-General of the former...

Afonso de Paiva (c. 1443 – c. 1490) was a Portuguese diplomat and explorer of Ethiopia and the Barbary Coast together with Pêro da Covilhã. According...

Alley) is the nickname for the area around Rua Gonçalo Afonso and Rua Medeiros de Albuquerque in the Vila Madalena neighborhood of São Paulo, Brazil....

businesses in the region. The mayor of Funchal was arrested and Miguel Albuquerque, President of the Government of Madeira, was named as a formal suspect...

of Christ in 1507, yielded little. Almeida, the larger-than-life Afonso de Albuquerque and, later on, Albergaria and Sequeira, were the king's preferred...

Portuguese explorer to do so; earlier expeditions by Diogo Dias and Afonso de Albuquerque along with Diogo Fernandes Pereira may have encountered the islands...

João Soares de Sousa and Guiomar da Cunha (daughter of Francisco da Cunha de Albuquerque and Brites da Câmara, cousins of Afonso de Albuquerque). Raised...

of Vila Real (1973) and 5th Count of Melo (1973). Martins Zúquete, Afonso Eduardo (1989). Nobreza de Portugal e Brasil (in Portuguese). Vol. II (2nd ed...

1955; 2009) Afonso II, king (1955) Afonso III, king (1955) Afonso IV, king (1955) Afonso V, king (1994; 1996) Alfonso de Portugal, Grandmaster (2013) Joaquim...

Saldanha was appointed to head a squad of three vessels, part of Afonso de Albuquerque's fleet bound for India to reinforce the Portuguese settlement at...

1381), Portuguese nobleman João Afonso Telo de Meneses, 2nd Lord of Albuquerque, Portuguese nobleman João Rodrigues de Sá e Menezes (16th century), first...

João Cabral de Melo Neto (January 6, 1920 – October 9, 1999) was a Brazilian poet and diplomat, and one of the most influential writers in late Brazilian...