First Battle of Cannanore
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First Battle of Cannanore
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The First Battle of Cannanore was a naval engagement between the Third Portuguese Armada under João da Nova and the naval forces of Calicut, which had been assembled by the Zamorin against the Portuguese in order to prevent their return to Portugal. The battle was fought over two days, between 31 December 1501 and 2 January 1502, and was the first major Portuguese naval engagement in the Indian Ocean. Although badly outnumbered, da Nova's bold tactics, better trained and prepared men, and superi
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Part of the Portuguese battles in the Indian Ocean
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Cannanore
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2024-02-10T14:19:45Z
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