Diogo de Azambuja (1432-1518) Portuguese explorer of the African coast, lead an expedition into the Gold Coast with Bartolomeu Dias, in 1481. Events June 1 - Battle of San Romano - Florence defeats Siena foundation of Université de Caen In the end of the Hook and Cod wars, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut and Holland is forced by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, to abdicate all her estates in his favour; end of Hainaut... Events A plague of tropical fire ants devastates crops on Hispaniola. ... World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second_largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa. ... Events May 3 - Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Beyazid II. May 21 - Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481-1513) With the death of Duke Charles IV of Anjou, Anjou was reverted...
The Voyage of Afonso de Albuquerque, 1503: Albuquerque left Lisbon on 6 April 1503 as the Captain-major of a three-vessel fleet.
Francisco de Almeida appointed as the first Viceroy of India: In the rigimento (commission) issued to Almeida, dated 5 March 1505, he was instructed to built up fortresses on the east African Coast, and to seal the mouth of the Red Sea.
Afonso de Albuquerque succeeded as the second Governor of India, 1509: Governor Afonso de Albuquerque conquered Ormuz on the Persian Gulf in 1507, made Goa the capital of the Portuguese possessions in 1510, and in 1511 took Malacca as the bridgehead for the Portuguese further advance and the headquarters of the Portuguese in Southeast Asia.
In 1481 Dias had accompanied DiogodeAzambuja on an expedition to the Gold Coast.
King John II of Portugal appointed him on October 10, 1486 as the head of an expedition which was to endeavor to sail around the southern end of Africa in hopes of finding a trade route leading to Asia.
Dias' grandson Paulo Dias de Novais was a Portuguese colonizer of Africa in the 16th century.
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