Portuguese India Armadas

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Portuguese maritime enterprise maritime expedition naval fleet

The Portuguese India Armadas were the annual fleets of ships dispatched by Portugal during the Age of Discovery to establish and maintain maritime trade routes and colonial presence in India and the broader Indian Ocean.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Portuguese India Armadas canonical 5
Portuguese voyages to India 1
Portuguese voyages to the Indian Ocean 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese maritime enterprise ⓘ
maritime expedition ⓘ
naval fleet ⓘ
carried pepper ⓘ
precious stones ⓘ
spices ⓘ
country Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
destination Calicut ⓘ
Cochin ⓘ
Goa ⓘ
India ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
goal control of Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
establishment of fortified trading posts ⓘ
monopoly over spice trade to Europe ⓘ
hasPart Afonso de Albuquerque’s armadas ⓘ
Pedro Álvares Cabral ⓘ
surface form: Pedro Álvares Cabral’s 1500 armada

First Portuguese India Armada ⓘ
surface form: Vasco da Gama’s 1497–1499 expedition
historicalPeriod early modern period ⓘ
languageOfRecord Portuguese ⓘ
location Arabian Sea ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
operator Portuguese Crown ⓘ
origin Lisbon ⓘ
partOf Age of Exploration ⓘ
surface form: Age of Discovery

Portuguese Empire ⓘ
Portuguese India ⓘ
route Cape of Good Hope to Indian west coast ⓘ
Lisbon to Cape of Good Hope ⓘ
return voyage from India to Lisbon ⓘ
significantEvent first armada commanded by Vasco da Gama ⓘ
significantPlace Cape of Good Hope ⓘ
Goa ⓘ
Malabar Coast ⓘ
Island of Mozambique ⓘ
surface form: Mozambique Island
startTime 1497 ⓘ
temporalCoverage 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
late 15th century ⓘ
usedFor establishing trade routes to India ⓘ
maintaining colonial presence in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
military projection in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
missionary expansion ⓘ
spice trade ⓘ
transport of missionaries ⓘ
transport of officials and settlers ⓘ
transport of soldiers ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

São Cristóvão → partOf → Portuguese India Armadas ⓘ
João da Nova → associatedWith → Portuguese India Armadas ⓘ
Council of the Gods → influencesEvent → Portuguese India Armadas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Portuguese voyages to India
Bérrio → associatedWith → Portuguese India Armadas ⓘ
Pêro de Alenquer → associatedWith → Portuguese India Armadas ⓘ
São Rafael → partOf → Portuguese India Armadas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vasco da Gama’s fleet
Nicolau Coelho → memberOf → Portuguese India Armadas ⓘ
siege of Ormuz (1507) → precededBy → Portuguese India Armadas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Portuguese voyages to the Indian Ocean