The 4th Armada left without bringing the Zamorin to terms and leaving matters unresolved. But the ruling Zamorin of Calicut refused to accede to Portuguese demands, arguing that the violent exactions of the armada exceeded any claims they might have for compensation. Once in India, the armada set about attacking Calicut shipping and disrupting trade along much of the Malabar Coast. A feeling of vengeance drove the expedition.Īlong the way, in East Africa, the 4th Armada established a Portuguese factory in present-day Mozambique, made contact and opened trade with the gold entrepot of Sofala and extorted tribute from Kilwa. The fourth of some thirteen Portuguese India Armadas, it was designed as a punitive expedition, targeting Calicut, to avenge the travails of the 2nd Armada and the massacre of the Portuguese factory in 1500.
The 4th Portuguese India Armada was assembled in 1502 on the order of King Manuel I of Portugal and placed under the command of D. Portuguese armada commanded by explorer Vasco da Gama on his 1502 voyage to India
