In the sixteenth-century Indian Ocean, the Portuguese were not much more than troublesome pirates.

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The Portuguese, during the sixteenth century in the Indian Ocean, often acted in ways that could be characterized as piratical, using naval power to disrupt traditional trade routes, impose tributes, and seize control of strategic ports, rather than integrating into the existing trade networks in a cooperative manner.

In the Sixteenth-Century Indian Ocean, the Portuguese Were Not Much