1510, The all-water route from Europe to Asia

A few years after Vasco da Gama first launched
                                                       [the all-water route from Europe to Asia,
Afonso de Albuquerque occupied Goa, India on February 17, 1510, and....
      [the indigenous for the next 450 lived in slavery, I would say in aphasia.

In ancient literature, Goa was known by many names,
      [such as Copakapattana, Govem, Gomanchala, Gopakapattam,
and other historical names as Gomantak,
                                                         [Sindapur and Mahassapatam.

There are still remnants in the cultural influence of the Portuguese,
                       [who landed in the 16th century and conquered it soon,
as they conquered dozens of other parts of the East,
        [a huge militaristic storm thundering, a ruthless military typhoon.

There the Portuguese found only 100 horses
                                             [25 elephants and some partially finished ships,
but in fact Goa was a "hidden treasure" the key of the East trade
     [which made the Portuguese "servicing Dealerships and Distributorships". ______________________________________________________________

 to be continued

* ''IT COULD BE OTHERWISE in verse''
Texts and Narration: Odysseus Heavilayias - ROTTERDAM //
Language adjustments and text adaptation: Kellene G Safis -CHICAGO//
Digital adaptation and text editing: Cathy Rapakoulia Mataraga - PIRAEUS
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* Goa: With an area of just 3702 km2, 1055 km north to south and 6 km long from the west to the east, Goa is the smallest state of India.
Goa is located on the coast of Konkhan, on the middle of the west coast of India. It borders north to the state of Maharashtra, to the south and east to Karnataka as well as to the Arabian Sea. Its coastline is 101 km long.

Goa is a former Portuguese province; the Portuguese overseas territory of Portuguese India existed for about 450 years until it was annexed by India in 1961.

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