Lopo Vaz de Sampaio | |
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Governor Lopo Vaz de Sampaio, in Ásia Portuguesa of Manuel de Faria e Sousa
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Governor of Portuguese India | |
In office 1526–1529 |
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Monarch | John III of Portugal |
Preceded by | Henrique de Meneses |
Succeeded by | Nuno da Cunha |
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Born | c. 1480 Carrazeda de Ansiães, Kingdom of Portugal |
Died | 1534 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal |
Nationality | Portuguese |
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.