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Almeida, Francisco de

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Almeida, Francisco de (c. 1450–1510)

First viceroy of Portuguese India 1505–08. He consolidated rule there and sent expeditions out into the Indian Ocean and as far as Madagascar.

He was killed in a skirmish with the Hottentots (present-day Khoikhoi) at Table Bay, South Africa.



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