Age of Exploration

The Fabric Trader Who Handed Portugal Goa

A Genoese merchant showed up to a war with nothing but cloth samples, and walked away owning the most important port in Asia.

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Age of ExplorationPortuguese EmpireSouth AsiaTrade and CommerceColonialismAfonso de AlbuquerqueIndian OceanRenaissance

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