Portuguese Malacca

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Portuguese control of Malacca—a city on the Malay Peninsula—spanned a 130 year period from 1511 to 1641 as a possession of the Portuguese East Indies. It was captured from the Malacca Sultanate as part of Portuguese attempts to gain control of trade in the region. Although multiple attempts to conquer it were repulsed, the city was eventually lost to an alliance of Dutch and regional forces, thus beginning a period of Dutch rule.

1511 — 1641  Wikidata



Conquest of Malacca by Afonso de Albuquerque in 1511.Conquest of Malacca by Afonso de Albuquerque in 1511.
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    commonsimageConquest of Malacca by Afonso de Albuquerque in 1511. Commons