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3 unusual facts about Duarte Barbosa


Duarte Barbosa

In 1500 his uncle Gonçalo Gil Barbosa, after traveling in the 1500 fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral, was left as factor in Kochi, and in 1502 was transferred to Kannur.

In 1515 Albuquerque sent Duarte Barbosa to Kozhikode to oversee the construction of two ships that would serve on an expedition to the Red Sea, in which he may have later participated under the new governor.

The places described by Duarte Barbosa suggest that he had accompanied his uncle on this trip to Kochi and Cannanore.



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