_ 7 _ Introduction to Volume Three This volume covers the events of two years: 1508 and 1509. At the beginning of 1508, the Portuguese fleet remained stationed in Ormuz. However, many of the fleet’s commanders were openly defiant against the authority of Afonso de Albuquerque, who sought to bombard the city of Ormuz. This alarming decision prompted some Portuguese commanders to abandon him because of the terrifying prospect of attacking the city. In November 1508, Afonso de Albuquerque departed from Ormuz and arrived in India, where he met D. Francisco de Almeida, the Viceroy of Portugal in India. Francisco de Almeida strongly reprimanded Albuquerque’s plan to bombard Ormuz. As a result, Albuquerque demanded to take over the position of Viceroy in India, sparking a fierce
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