A century of discovery; biographical sketches of the Portuguese and Spanish navigators from Prince Henry to Pizarro; . DEATH OF FRANCISCO DK IN iiAY. Francisco de Almeida. 115 family: and King Ferdinand of Aragon, on the receipt of themelancholy tidings, retired into solitude (as was the customon the death of a person of royal blood), in honour of theman who had performed such heroic deeds before the wallsof Granada. 8—2 CHAPTER VIII. ALFONSO DE ALBUQUERQUE. The new Viceroy, who^ in the prime of life—he was born in 145 3—entered upon his office, was no novice in Indian affai
A century of discovery; biographical sketches of the Portuguese and Spanish navigators from Prince Henry to Pizarro; . DEATH OF FRANCISCO DK IN iiAY. Francisco de Almeida. 115 family: and King Ferdinand of Aragon, on the receipt of themelancholy tidings, retired into solitude (as was the customon the death of a person of royal blood), in honour of theman who had performed such heroic deeds before the wallsof Granada. 8—2 CHAPTER VIII. ALFONSO DE ALBUQUERQUE. The new Viceroy, who^ in the prime of life—he was born in 145 3—entered upon his office, was no novice in Indian affairs. Hehad, as we have seen, defended the fort of Cochin against theattacks of the Zamorin ; and lately, the enterprises with whichthe King had entrusted him on the coasts of East Africa andArabia, had given him full opportunity to display his heroism,his powers as a general, and his force of character. Enteringon his office in the autumn of 1509, he immediately com-menced a course of policy completely different to that of hispredecessor. Almeida had made it his object to maintain thePortuguese supremacy on
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