![]() ![]() The India armada typically left Lisbon and each leg of the voyage took approximately six months. Timing The route of Vasco da Gama's first voyage (1497–1499), what became the typical Carreira da Índia Between 14, there were 1033 departures of ships at Lisbon for the Carreira da Índia ("India Run"). During the Dutch occupation of Cochin and the Dutch siege of Goa, the harbour of Bom Bahia, now known as Mumbai (Bombay), off the coast of the northern Konkan region, served as the standard diversion for the armadas.įor a long time after its discovery by Vasco da Gama, the sea route to India via the Cape of Good Hope was dominated by the Portuguese Indian armada – the annual fleet dispatched from Portugal to India, and after 1505, the Estado da India. These armadas undertook the Carreira da Índia ( ' India Run ') from Portugal, following the maritime discovery of the Cape route, to the Indian Subcontinent by Vasco da Gama in 1497–99. The principal destination was Goa, and previously Cochin. The Portuguese Indian Armadas ( Portuguese: Armadas da Índia) were the fleets of ships funded by the Crown of Portugal, and dispatched on an annual basis from Portugal to India. ![]() ![]() From painting, attributed to either Gregório Lopes or Cornelis Antoniszoon, showing voyage of the marriage party of Portuguese Infanta Beatriz to Savoy, 1521. Main article: Age of Discovery The large carrack, thought to be the Santa Catarina do Monte Sinai, and other Portuguese carracks of various sizes. ![]()
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