The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c26.110

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12. No other conquests by the Portuguese took place in Kanara during this period; but the King of Portugal as well as his Viceroy at Goa were carefully watching the fortunes of this country. We have seen the interest the Portuguese sovereign took in the affair of the fortresses of Sao Carnao Botto. Portuguese trade received its greatest supplies from Kanara. “Accordingly (Manoel de Sousa) writes to me,” says Philip II, “that the greatest quantity of pepper that comes by these fleets is taken from Kanara, and according to him it will be increased every year; a thing which will be of great value for the loading of our ships. He says, moreover, that he was trying to satisfy the kings of the coast as much as he could because of this pepper, the majority of which comes from the lands of Sao Carnao Botto ³.”