The 2nd Armada arrived on the Malabar Coast of India in September 1500, and the factory was promptly set up in Calicut (Calecute, Kozhikode).
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In 1500, Pêro Vaz de Caminha, already at advanced age, was appointed as secretary of the factory projected to be built in Calicut, India, under the designated royal factor Aires Correia.
Pero Budmani | Keith Vaz | Caminha | Joseph Vaz | VAZ-2101 | VAZ-1111 | Trindade and Martim Vaz | Ricardo José Vaz Alves Monteiro | Pero Vaz de Caminha | Pero López de Ayala | Mike Pero | Luís Vaz de Torres | Katherine Vaz | Dom Álvaro Vaz de Almada's coat-of-arms | Daryl Vaz | Carlos Vaz Ferreira |
According to the Show Guide, the collections were organized in eight halls, especially redecorated for the occasion, receiving the names of naturalists and missionaries of the past, such as Pero Vaz de Caminha, Jean de Lery, Gabriel Soares de Sousa, José de Anchieta, Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira, and contemporary scientists, such as Martius, Hartt and Lund.