Lourenço de Almeida

Lourenço de Almeida
Born c. 1480
Martim, Kingdom of Portugal
Died March 1508
Chaul, Portuguese India
Nationality Portuguese
Occupation Explorer, military commander

Lourenço de Almeida (c.1480 - March 1508[1]) was a Portuguese explorer and military commander.

He was born in Martim, Kingdom of Portugal, the son of Francisco de Almeida, first viceroy of Portuguese India. Acting under his father, Lourenço distinguished himself in the Indian Ocean, and made Ceylon (present Sri Lanka) tributary to Portugal (see Portuguese Ceylon). He belonged to the Order of Christ.

He made the first Portuguese voyage to Ceylon in 1505 and established a settlement there,[2] thus permitting the expansion of the Portuguese Empire in Asia.

He defeated the fleet of the Zamorin at the Battle of Cannanore in 1506. Two years later however, he died in a naval action off Chaul,[3] in India, at the Battle of Chaul.

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References

  1. ↑ Lourenço de Almeida at Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. ↑ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "article name needed". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
  3. ↑ Rose, Hugh James (1857). A New General Biographical Dictionary, London: B. Fellowes et al.


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