Portuguese expansion in the Indian Ocean

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Portuguese expansion in the Indian Ocean was a 16th-century maritime and military campaign through which Portugal established a network of fortified trading posts and naval dominance over key spice and trade routes between Africa and Asia.


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Afonso de Albuquerque ("Portuguese Empire in the Indian Ocean")
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Afonso de Albuquerque
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