_ 564 _ In the same year (1509) King D. Manuel I sent a fleet of 15 ships to India, carrying an order to appoint Afonso de Albuquerque as the Viceroy in India. The fleet arrived in India in November 1509:(37) Chapter: 121 On the 20th of March 1509 a fleet of 15 ships left Lisbon for India; under the command of Dom Francisco Coutinho, Marshal of the kingdoms of Portugal a very brave knight, King Manuel had sent him and told him to give the governorship of India to Afonso de Albuquerque, in case Viceroy Francisco de Almeida was still there. The King gave him a large and beautiful ship for his journey, the “Our Lady of Nazareth”, The captains of the fleet were the following nobles and knights; Pedro Afonso de Aguiar in the “Galega”; the second-in-command was Francisco’ de Sa in the “Sao (37) Document no. and reference.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTg0NzAy