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|birth_date = c. 1480<br />
|birth_place = [[Martim]], [[Kingdom of Portugal]]<br />
|death_date = March 1508<br />
|death_place = [[Chaul]], [[Portuguese India]]<br />
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'''Lourenço de Almeida''' (c.1480 - March 1508<ref>{{Britannica|16790}}</ref>) was a Portuguese explorer and military commander.<br />
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He was born in [[Martim]], [[Kingdom of Portugal]], the son of [[Francisco de Almeida]], first viceroy of [[Portuguese India]]. Acting under his father, Lourenço distinguished himself in the [[Indian Ocean]], and made [[Ceylon]] (present [[Sri Lanka]]) tributary to [[Portugal]] (see [[Portuguese Ceylon]]). He belonged to the [[Order of Christ (Portugal)|Order of Christ]].<br />
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He made the first Portuguese voyage to Ceylon in 1505 and established a settlement there,<ref>{{Nuttall}}</ref> thus permitting the expansion of the [[Portuguese Empire]] in [[Asia]].<br />
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He defeated the fleet of the [[Zamorin]] at the [[Battle of Cannanore]] in 1506. Two years later however, he died in a naval action off [[Chaul]],<ref>{{Cite Newgenbio |title=Almeida, Lorenzo de |volume=1|page=356}}</ref> in India, at the [[Battle of Chaul]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Portuguese India]]<br />
* [[Portuguese Ceylon]]<br />
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