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By Afonso De Albuquerque
The courses of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made to be had edited (and occasionally translated) early debts of exploration. the 1st sequence, which ran from 1847 to 1899, comprises a hundred books containing released or formerly unpublished works through authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and masking voyages to the recent global, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Volumes fifty three, fifty five, sixty two and sixty nine of the sequence comprise the English translation of The Commentaries of the good Afonso Dalboquerque, translated and edited through Walter de gray Birch. Afonso de Albuquerque (1453-1515) used to be a Portuguese naval officer and nobleman whose winning army campaigns helped identify Portugal's colonies in India. quantity three includes an account of his moment, winning conquest of Goa in November 1510 and the catch of Malacca in 1511.
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To employ in military operations against the King of Daru or Aru,1 a state on the coast of Sumatra, nearly opposite the port of Malaca, with which he was at war. On the feast day of St. James the Greater the storming of the bridge or pier was made, under circumstances narrated in the text, and a great part of the city fired. These operations, although they did not result immediately in the fall of the city, severely harrassed the enemy, and crippled his resources. The author of Malaca Conquistada records the subsequent attack upon and destruction of the city by fire in these stanzas.
How, after his fleet was ready, he set out for the harbour of Cananor: and what passed with the King of Garcopa and Tirnoja concerning the entry of the river of Goa . 1 CHAPTER II. Of the council which the great Afonso Dalboquerque held with the captains concerning the attacking of the city, and the remainder of the events connected therewith . 6 CHAPTER III. How the great Afonso Dalboquerque attacked the city of Goa, and took it by force of arms, when some of our side were killed ; and of the great havoc that was made of the Moors .
These operations, although they did not result immediately in the fall of the city, severely harrassed the enemy, and crippled his resources. The author of Malaca Conquistada records the subsequent attack upon and destruction of the city by fire in these stanzas. " Em tanto das janellas, e terrados, Que para aqnella parte respondiao, Mil frechas, mil pelouros desmandados Sobre a gente Christa mortes choviao : Mas, chamando Albuquerque aos esfor§ados Lima e Caldeira, aquelles que regiao, Lhes mandou que de fogo as maos armassem, E que as vizinhas casas abrazassem.