Portuguese conquest of Malacca
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The Portuguese conquest of Malacca was a 1511 military campaign led by Afonso de Albuquerque in which Portugal captured the strategic Southeast Asian port city of Malacca, establishing a key base for its maritime empire and control of regional spice trade routes.
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Malacca Sultanate
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Afonso de Albuquerque
("capture of Malacca (1511)")
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Malacca Sultanate
("Portuguese Malacca")
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