Lourenço de Almeida

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Lourenço de Almeida (died 1508[citation needed]), son of Francisco de Almeida, acting under him, distinguished himself in the Indian seas, and made Ceylon tributary to Portugal.[1] He fell in a naval act off Calicut.[2]


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  1. ^ This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.
  2. ^ Rose, Hugh James [1853] (1857). A New General Biographical Dictionary, London: B. Fellowes et al.
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