Who said, 'The greater the number of fortresses you hold, the weaker will be your power. Let all our…
The words are those of Francisco de Almeida, the first Portuguese Viceroy of India (1505–1509). His 'Blue Water Policy' held that Portugal should control the Indian Ocean…
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Who said, 'The greater the number of fortresses you hold, the weaker will be your power. Let all our forces be on the sea, because if we should not be powerful at sea, everything will at once be against us ... Let it be known for certain that as long as you may be powerful at sea, you will hold India as yours'?
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The words are those of Francisco de Almeida, the first Portuguese Viceroy of India (1505–1509). His 'Blue Water Policy' held that Portugal should control the Indian Ocean trade through naval supremacy rather than by building many forts on land; his fleet defeated the combined Egyptian and Gujarati fleet at Diu in 1509. John Cabot sailed for England to North America, Columbus reached the Caribbean for Spain, and Vespucci explored the South American coast; none of them had any role in India.
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