DOM FRANCISCO DE See also:

• ALMEIDA
• DOM FRANCISCO DE ALMEIDA (c. 1450-1510)

ALMEIDA (c. 1450-1510)  , the first See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy of Portuguese See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon about the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . He was the seventh son of the second See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

• ABRANTES

Abrantes, and thus belonged to one of the most distinguished families in See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal . In his youth he took See also:

• PART

part under See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand of See also:

• ARAGON, or ARRAGON (in Span. Aragon)

Aragon in the See also:

• WARS

wars against the See also:

• MOORS (Lat. Mauri; Gr. Mavpot, dark men)
• MOORS, KABYLES, MZABITES

Moors (1485-1492) . In See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1505, having received from See also:

• EMMANUEL, or IMMANUEL

Emmanuel I. the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of viceroy of the newly conquered territory in India, he set See also:

• SAIL

sail from Lisbon in command of a large and powerful See also:

• FLEET

fleet, and arrived in See also:

• JULY

July at Quiloa (See also:

• KILWA (Quiloa)

Kilwa), which yielded to him almost without a struggle . A much more vigorous resistance was offered by the Moors of See also:

• MOMBASA

Mombasa, but the See also:

• TOWN

town was taken and destroyed, and its large treasures went to strengthen the resources of See also:

• ALMEIDA
• ALMEIDA, DOM FRANCISCO DE (c. 1450-1510)

Almeida . At other places on his way, such as the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Angediva, near See also:

• GOA

Goa, and See also:

• CANNANORE, or KANANORE

Cannanore, he built forts, and adopted See also:

• MEASURES

measures to secure the Portuguese supremacy . On his arrival in India he took up his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence at See also:

• COCHIN
• COCHIN, DENYS MARIE PIERRE AUGUSTIN (1851L'Evolution de la vie (1895); Le Monde exterieur (1845); Contre les barbares (1899)

Cochin, where a Portuguese fort had been built by See also:

• ALPHONSO

Alphonso d'See also:

• ALBUQUERQUE
• ALBUQUERQUE, ALPHONSO

Albuquerque in 1503 . The most important events of Almeida's brief but vigorous See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration were the conclusion of a commercial treaty with Malacca, and the discoveries made by his son Lorenzo, who acted as his See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant . Lorenzo was probably the first Portuguese who visited See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon, where he established a See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement, and Fernando Soares, a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain commanding a See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron of his fleet, appears to have been the first See also:

• EUROPEAN

European to sight See also:

• MADAGASCAR

Madagascar . In 1508 he was killed at Dabul in a See also:

• NAVAL

naval engagement with the Egyptians, who at this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time endeavoured to dispute Portuguese supremacy in the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian Ocean . His See also:

• FATHER

father was preparing to avenge his See also:

• DEATH

death when Albuquerque (q.v.) arrived in Cochin, and presented a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission empowering him to supersede Almeida in the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . It was probably Almeida's unwillingness to be thwarted in his See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme of vengeance that chiefly induced him to refuse to recognize Albuquerque's commission, and to See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast him into See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison .

The See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment he inflicted on the See also:

• ARABS

Arabs and their See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies was speedy and terrible . Sailing along the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast he pillaged and burned various ports, including Goa and Dabul, and finally, encountering the enemy's combined fleet off See also:

• DIU

Diu in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1509, he completely destroyed it . Returning immediately to Cochin, he held out for a few months against the claims of Albuquerque, but in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1509 he was compelled to yield . On the 1st of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December he set sail for See also:

• EUROPE

Europe with an escort of three vessels . On the voyage the fleet called at Table See also:

• BAY

Bay, then known as Saldanha Bay, to procure See also:

• WATER

water, and here Almeida was killed (on the 1st of March 151-0) in an attack upon the Hottentot natives, during which he showed See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PERSONAL

personal courage . In this fight, which took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the site of Cape Town, 65 Portuguese perished, including 12 captains . Almeida's See also:

• BODY

body was recovered on the following See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day and buried on the spot where he See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell .