Diogo Lopes de Sequeira

Diogo Lopes de Sequeira was a Portuguese fidalgo, sent to analyze the trade potential in Madagascar and Malacca, he arrived at Malacca on 11 September, 1509. He left the next year when he discovered that Sultan Mahmud Shah, the local leader, was devising his assassination. This gave Afonso de Albuquerque the opportunity to embark upon his expeditions of conquests.

Sequeira was subsequently made governor of Portuguese India (1518–1522), and in 1520 led a military campaign into the Red Sea which hastened the first legitimate Portuguese embassy to Ethiopia.^[1]

His descendants can still be found in Malacca, Singapore, and Australia today^{[citation needed]}.

See also

• Afonso de Albuquerque
• Sultan Mahmud Shah
• Malacca
• Portuguese India

References

1. ^ Haywood, John (2002). Historical Atlas of the Early Modern World 1492-1783. Barnes & Noble Books. ISBN 0760732043. 

Further reading

• Ronald Bishop Smith, Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, "Diogo Lopes de Sequeira: Elements on His Office of Almotacé Mor", Silvas, 1975 (Inclui o texto de cinco cartas (Fev.1524-Dez.1524) trocadas entre o rei, D.João III e Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, regulador real de pesos, medidas e preços).
• David B. Quinn, Cecil H. Clough, Paul Edward Hedley Hair, "The European outthrust and encounter",p. 97, Liverpool University Press, 1994, ISBN 9780853232292
• Henry Morse Stephens, "Albuquerque", p. 97 - the conquest of Malacca
• James Maxwell Anderson, "The history of Portugal", p. 72, conquest of the city of Malacca, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000, ISBN 9780313311062
• Sanjay Subrahmanyam, "The Career and Legend of Vasco Da Gama", p. 300, Cambridge University Press, 1997

Persondata
Name	Lopes De Sequeira, Diogo
Alternative names
Short description	Governor of Portuguese India
Date of birth	1465
Place of birth
Date of death	1530
Place of death