Portuguese capture of Malacca
Portugal seizes the key to the spice trade
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Afonso de Albuquerque's fleet seized Malacca, the greatest trading port of Southeast Asia. Portugal gained control of the Strait of Malacca and a key to the spice trade between the Indian Ocean and China.
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