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Portuguese expatriates in Portuguese India

  • Gaspar CorreiaGaspar Correia arrived in Portuguese India between 1512 and 1514 as a soldier. He spent most of his life serving the empire that had brought him to Asia.
  • Luís de CamõesLuís Vaz de Camões, born around 1524 in Lisbon, emerged from a noble family with deep roots in the Kingdom of Galicia. His father, Simão Vaz de Camões…