_ 216 _ chief had given instructions to Diogo Fernandes Peteira to go and load up somewhere else. That is how "Setúbal's ship" presented itself at Kollam, where she could not obtain any pepper because of the conflict which at that time opposed the princes of the city to the sovereign of Vijayanagar; but they found their cinnamon, cloves and other aromatic spices(A). To complete his own cargo, Lopo Soares had to send a small squadron to the ports of Kollam(B) and Kayankulam(C), whose inhabitants were (A) Ibid., p. 45-46. The inventory of the cargo of Setubal's ship does however include 2334 quintals of pepper which must have been collected at another port (Inventory of 1505, f. 14). (B) BM Anonumous, p. 121, Castanheda, 1/92, p. 196; Barros, 1/7-11, p. 295; Góis, I/97, p. 234. Alvaro Vaz states that this small squadron consisted of the "Rey Grande", "Leitoa Nova", "Batecabello" and the "Julioa" (alias "India"), l.c., p. 257. The chroniclers do not agree on the names of the captains who took part in this mission, with the exception of Pero Afonso de Aguiar, who commanded the "Batecabello". (C) The king had recommended to Lopo Soares to make contact with Kayankulam (Regimento, CA, III, p. 193); the Christian merchant Mathias took charge of the cargo of pepper from the "Rey Grande" and part of that from the "Caterina Dias" (Mathias to Dom Manuel, from Kayankulam, 18.XII.1504, CA, II, p. 268). We can point out here that Correia and Ca'Masser [quoted n. 7] are the only ones to draw attention, rightly, to the cargo loaded at this port (Correia, I/2, p. 506); Ca' Masser adds that the squadron pushed on as far as Vilinjam ("Belam") and to Cape Comorin, 1.c. (p.75).
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