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Portuguese India Armada
The Portuguese Kingdom's regularized Indian Ocean fleet system (Carreira da Índia), sailing annually from Lisbon via the Cape of Good Hope to India, …
Timeline
- 1500–1520Lisbon · PortugalIn the early 16th century Portugal fixed the voyage to India as an annual armada, combining royal charter, merchant investment and military escort, forming a regular maritime organization linking Lisbon and Goa.
- 1530–1540Goa · GoaIn the 1530s the India armada sailed each year, delivering European goods, silver and personnel to Goa, then distributing them to Malacca, Macao and African outposts, while bringing back pepper, spices and luxury goods to sustain the Portuguese eastern colonial network.
Sources
- Foundations of the Portuguese Empire, 1415–1580 — Bailey W. Diffie and George D. Winius (1977)
- Portuguese India Armada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_India_Armada