CHAPTER VIII.

THE CONQUEST OF INDIA, AND OF THE SPICE COUNTRIES.

I.

Covilham and Paiva--Vasco da Gama--The Cape of Good Hope is doubled--Escales at Sam-Braz--Mozambique, Mombaz, and Melinda-- Arrival at Calicut--Treason of the Zamorin--Battles--Return to Europe--The scurvy--Death of Paul da Gama--Arrival at Lisbon . . 164

II.

Alvares Cabral--Discovery of Brazil--The coast of Africa-- Arrival at Calicut, Cochin, Cananore--Joao da Nova--Gama's second expedition--The King of Cochin--The early life of Albuquerque--The taking of Goa--The siege and capture of Malacca--Second expedition against Ormuz--Ceylon--The Moluccas-- Death of Albuquerque--Fate of the Portuguese empire of the Indies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

SECOND PART.