Portugal/India: Dom Francisco de Almeida (c. 1450 - 1 March 1510), first viceroy of India (r. 1503-1510). Engraving by Gregorio Lopes (c. 1490-1550), c. 1524. Francisco de Almeida, also known as ‘Great Dom Francisco’, was a Portuguese nobleman, soldier and explorer. He distinguished himself as a counsellor to King John II of Portugal and later in the wars against the Moors and in the conquest of Granada in 1492. In 1503, he was appointed as the first governor and viceroy of the Portuguese State of India. Almeida is credited with establishing Portuguese hegemony in the Indian Ocean.

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