Significant1505 – 1660 · 155 years

Portuguese Expansion in India

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

India · Goa · Arabian Sea

Estimated casualties

500Ksingle estimate · no range published

Portuguese forces conquered Goa and other Indian ports, establishing a Portuguese maritime empire in the Indian Ocean. Portuguese dominance of Indian Ocean trade lasted until challenged by the Dutch and British.

Belligerents4

Portugal
Indian sultanates
Venice
Arab traders

ON THE MAPKingdom of PortugalVenetian Republic

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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