A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c21.s3.t14.12

c21.s3.t14.12

In 1521, some time after the month of March, when Dom Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, the governor of Goa, had returned from his expedition to the Red Sea, he was urged by his counsellors to build a fortress at Madrefabâ near Goa, as the place contained an anchorage sufficient for an entire fleet. (Correa, *Lendas da India*, ii. p. 622.) Correa continues: "The governor, however, thought better to send in a *cotia* Antonio Correa and Pero de Coimbra, his chief pilot, to inspect the river of Madrefabâ and measure the water on the bar, and Manuel da Ponte, Overseer of Works, and João de la Ponte, his brother, who understood it well, to view the land, and if there were stone, and if lime could be made for the work, and to bring him certitude of all."