This knight of the Royal House left for India in 1508 as captain of the fleet belonging to Jorge de Aguiar. His stay was a brief one, for he returned to the kingdom shortly after, in 1509, with a load of spices.

Bibliografia:
LACERDA, Teresa, Os Capitães das Armadas da Índia no Reinado de Manuel I – uma avaliação social, Cascais, Câmara de Cascais, 2008, no prelo.

Author: Teresa Lacerda
Translated by: Dominique Faria