Publication Date
2009
Categories
Tags period
Location
He left twice to the Orient as captain of the 1519 and 1521 fleets. This captain was from Almada. It is known that, in 1519, he went to Kollam to gather spices and return to the kingdom. In 1521, he was the captain of his own carrack ship.

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

Translated by: Dominique Faria