D.Diogo Lopes de Sequeira (1465–1530) was a Portuguese

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, sent to analyze the

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potential in

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and

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. He arrived at Malacca on 11 September 1509 and left the next year when he discovered that

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was planning his

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. This gave

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the opportunity to embark upon his expedition of conquests. Sequeira was subsequently made

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(1518–1522), and in 1520 led a

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into the

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which hastened the first legitimate Portuguese

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References

* Ronald Bishop Smith, Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, "Diogo Lopes de Sequeira: Elements on His Office of Almotacé Mor", Silvas, 1975 (Inclui o texto de cinco cartas (Fev.1524-Dez.1524) trocadas entre o rei, D.João III e Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, regulador real de pesos, medidas e preços). * David B. Quinn, Cecil H. Clough, Paul Edward Hedley Hair, "The European outthrust and encounter", p. 97, Liverpool University Press, 1994, * Henry Morse Stephens, "Albuquerque", p. 97 – the conquest of Malacca * James Maxwell Anderson, "The history of Portugal", p. 72, conquest of the city of Malacca, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000, * Sanjay Subrahmanyam, "The Career and Legend of Vasco Da Gama", p. 300, Cambridge University Press, 1997 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopes De Sequeira, Diogo Viceroys of Portuguese India Portuguese explorers Explorers of Asia 1465 births 1530 deaths Captain-majors of Portuguese Gold Coast History of Malacca Maritime history of Portugal Portuguese admirals 16th century in Ghana 16th-century explorers 15th-century Portuguese people 16th-century Portuguese people

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