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	PORTUGAL - LoveToKnow Article on PORTUGAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		AlDhonso dAlbuquerque (q v,), who succeeded Alnieida in 1509, found it necessary to modify the policy formulated by his predecessor.
		Command of the sea could not be maintained least of all in the monsoon monthswhile the Portuguese fleets were based on Lisbon, which could only be reached after a six months voyage; and experience had proved that almost every Portuguese factory required a fortress ~for its defence when the fleets were absent.
		Matheul dAlbuquerque defeated the Spaniards under the baron oi War with Molinge,n at Montijo (May 26, 1644), and through.
	88.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PO/PORTUGAL.htm (21258 words)

	Alfonso d\'Albuquerque (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		125pxAfonso de Albuquerque, Afonso d'Albuquerque or Alfonso de Albuquerque (1453 - December 16, 1515) was a noted Portuguese naval general whose activities helped establish the Portuguese colonial empire in India.
		Born in Alhandra in the year of 1453, near Lisbon, Portugal, he was for some time known as The Great, and as The Portuguese Mars.
		The king of Portugal was convinced too late of his fidelity, and endeavoured to atone for the ingratitude with which he had treated him by heaping honours upon his natural son Alfonso.
	alfonso-dalbuquerque.infohub.dnip.net (970 words)

	Alfonso d'Albuquerque Biography
		Alphonso d'Albuquerque or Afonso de Albuquerque (1453-1515) was a noted Portuguese naval general.
		Through his father, Gonzalvo, who held an important position at court, he was connected by illegitimate descent with the royal family of Portugal.
		He was educated at the court of Alfonso V of Portugal, and after the death of that monarch seems to have served for some time in Africa.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/dAlbuquerque_Alfonso.html (877 words)

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