Alexiades, ed. Boxes, statuettes, fans, porcelain pieces, lapis lazuli, azurite, amber, gold, pearls, and jewelry were all top commodities for the Portuguese market. A similar consensus emerged about the Mura, a group that remained notoriously hostile toward the Portuguese until, quite abruptly, a peace agreement came about in the s see Chapter 3. In September and October, , a Dutch fleet of thirteen sails, under the command of Steven van der Hagen, laid a twenty-three-day blockade on Goa, waiting for the Portuguese fleet. Attached doc.
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