42.3 Portuguese Conquests in India

A History of Europe, Key Battles

Carl Rylett

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🗓️ 9 February 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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The Portuguese begin to seize control of the spice trade of the Indian Ocean, by a mixture of diplomacy and brute force. For King Manuel of Portugal, his new maritime empire becomes not just an end in itself but a possible opportunity to weaken the Mamluk Sultanate, and perhaps even a means to recover the Holy Land for Christianity. Pictured: the Zamorin of Calicut.

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1:13.6	The Welcome to a history of Europe Key Battles, the Battle of Dew of 1509, and the Portuguese voyages of exploration, part 3 of 4.
1:52.0	In August 1499, the sea captain Vasco da Gama returned to Lisbon after an epic two-year-long voyage of discovery to India and back.
2:04.9	The dream of finding a sea route from Portugal, around southern Africa and onto India was finally
2:10.1	realised after decades of endeavours. The whole of Christendom buzzed with the news and the
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