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Capture of Malacca ()
Portuguese military conquest
The Capture of Malacca in occurred when the governor of Portuguese IndiaAfonso de Albuquerque conquered the city of Malacca in
The port city of Malacca controlled the narrow, strategic Strait of Malacca, through which all seagoing trade between China and India was concentrated.[8] The capture of Malacca was the result of a plan by King Manuel I of Portugal, who since had intended to beat the Castilians to the Far-East, and Albuquerque's own project of establishing firm foundations for Portuguese India, alongside Hormuz, Goa and Aden, to ultimately control trade and thwart Muslim shipping in the Indian Ocean.[9]
Having started sailing from Cochin in April , the expedition would not have been able to turn around due to contrary monsoon winds.
Had the enterprise failed, the Portuguese could not hope for reinforcements and would have been unable to return to their bases in India. At the time it was the fa