Could someone enlighten me how exactly the Portuguese came to possess the various parts of Goa that they took over in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries? We know about 1510, which is documented in fairly deep detail. But I was finding it tough to find details about how exactly the Portuguese came to possess Bardez and Salcete, and the various parts of the 'New Conquests'. (How much of these were 'Conquests' and what was acceeded by treaty?)
Is Moxham right when he says: *Albuquerque’s policy of being helpful to the Vijayanagar kings proved extremely useful to the Portuguese. Vijayanagar forced Adil Shah out of much of the mainland adjacent to Goa and then encouraged the Portuguese to occupy it. * *The Portuguese were then able, by backing one of the contestants for the throne of the Adil Shahs, to obtain a formal treaty giving them the territories of Bardez and Salcete. These acquisitions more than quadrupled the area of Goa.* https://www.dailyo.in/politics/goa-conquest-portuguese-indian-history-colonialism-christianity-hinduism/story/1/14633.html -- FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436 AUDIO: https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha TEXT: http://bit.ly/2SBx41G PIX: http://bit.ly/2Rs1xhl Can't get through on mobile? Please SMS/WhatsApp