Lopo Vaz de Sampaio

Lopo Vaz de Sampaio was an administrator of the Portuguese Empire. He was also the captain of Vasco da Gama, a famous Portuguese explorer. During 1528-29, Lopo Vaz de Sampaio seized the fort of Mahim from the Gujarat Sultanate, when the King was at war with Nizam-ul-mulk, the emperor of Chaul, a town south of Bombay.

References

Foundations of the Portuguese Empire, 1415-1580, p. 286
The History of Portugal, p. 85
Greater Bombay District Gazetteer 1986 (Portuguese Period)

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Name	Sampaio, Lopo Vaz De
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Date of death	1534
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