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Alfonso de Albuquerque è stato un esploratore e militare portoghese. Fu un fidalgo portoghese, generale e ammiraglio della marina le cui imprese militari resero possibile la creazione del vicereame portoghese delle Indie e di un vero e proprio impero coloniale nell'oceano Indiano. Alfonso tentò di chiudere i passaggi per l'oceano ...
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.
Navigatore e conquistatore (n. presso Alhandra 1453 - m. Goa 1515), fondatore della potenza portoghese in Oriente. Dopo aver partecipato (1486) alla spedizione di Bartolomeo Dias al Capo di Buona Speranza, s'impegnò nella conquista, per conto di re Manuel, delle Indie.
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.
8 giu 2018 · Learn about the life and achievements of Afonso de Albuquerque, who laid the foundations of the Portuguese Empire in the Orient. He captured Goa, Malacca, and Hormuz from the Muslims, and explored the Red Sea and the Arabian coasts.
