Monarch John III of Portugal Died 1534, Lisbon, Portugal Name Lopo de | Nationality Portuguese Preceded by Henrique de Meneses Succeeded by Nuno da Cunha | |
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Lopo Vaz de Sampaio was the 6th Governor of Portuguese India from 1526 to 1529. He was also the captain of Vasco da Gama, a famous Portuguese explorer. During 1528–29, Lopo Vaz de Sampaio seized the fort of Mahim from the Gujarat Sultanate, when the King was at war with Nizam-ul-mulk, the emperor of Chaul, a town south of Bombay.
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