The Portuguese Response to the Encounter at Calicut
nThey
won an important victory over an Egyptian-Indian fleet at Diu in 1509.
nTo
ensure control, forts were constructed along the Asian
coast:
qOrmuz on the Persian Gulf in 1507,
qGoa in western India in 1510,
qMalacca on the Malayan peninsula in 1511.
nThe
Portuguese aimed to establish a monopoly over the spice trade and,
less successfully, to license all vessels trading between Malacca
and Ormuz.