page_title: Jorge Cabral
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Jorge Cabral / Biography
caption_attribution_description: Map showing main Portuguese (blue) and Spanish (white) oceanic trade routes in the 16th century, as a result of the exploration during the Age of Discovery. Showing the Spanish colonial Manila-Acapulco Galleons route (1565-1815) between the Viceroyalty of New Spain (México) and the Spanish East Indies (Philippines), using the ports of Acapulco and Cavite. PIA03395: World in Mercator Projection, Shaded Relief and Colored Height
context_page_description: Jorge Cabral was a Portuguese nobleman, soldier and explorer who was the 15th ruler of Portuguese India as governor from 13 of June 1549 to November 1550.
context_section_description: Jorge Cabral was a son of João Fernandes Cabral (Portuguese: João Fernandes Cabral), Senor de Azurara, and his mother was Joanna de Castro (Portuguese: Joana de Castro). He was also the nephew of Portuguese explorer and navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral which discovered Brazil.
  To get along in Porturuese India, the wife of Jorge Cabral was Lucretia Fialho, she was the first wife of one of previous Viceroys of Portuguese India. Jorge Cabral arrived in India in 1525 and, the same as his predecessor, held the posts of Captain Malacca in 1526–1528 years and after the post of Captain of Bassein. He became famous for being the first Viceroy of Portugiese India, who brought his wife to Goa from the mother country. Jorge Cabral himself came from a not very noble family, so many hidalgoes in Portuguese India refused to obey his orders or ignored them. However, his wife was a powerful and assertive woman.
  Jorge Cabral contended for many years in India before becoming a governor of Portuguese India after the death of Garcia de Sá (Portuguese: Garcia de Sá). Don Garcia de Sá (Portuguese: Garcia de Sá), who was the Governor of Portigese India in 1948–1949, died on June 13, 1549. After the death of Garcia de Sá, the colony council proposed to Jorge Cabral the post of a Governor of Portuguese India because his name was on the list of applicants for this position in an emergency situation. Jorge Cabral was going to abandon the new appointment, because he believed that the post of Viceroy of India is very troublesome and not too stablу, and arrival of the new titled Governor (or even the Viceroy) should be expected in the near future, which will inevitably lead to the loss of all privileges and incomes for Jorge Cabral. He would prefer to remain in the position of a captain of the Bassein due to it gave a regular income. But his wife, for the temporary triumph, demanded of her husband to accept the proposal of the colony council and become governor of India, even temporary.
  Jorge Cabral took office as Governor of India on June 13, 1549 and occupied it for less than a year and a half. On his shoulders, The responsibility for preparing a war against the Samorin fell on his shoulders and soon rumors appeared that the Turks were collecting a huge fleet in the Red Sea to attack Portuguese India. Reliable information from this region was not received any more, as the Portuguese lost their positions in Aden in February 1948, and the new governor had to work with not too reliable information. All year the Governor Jorge Cabral spent in alarming preparations, and only in August 1550 the information came that the Turks really collected a large fleet, but for unknown reasons they have till abandoned the idea of going to India.
  The Ottoman Empire fleet was not the only problem during the reign of Jorge Cabral. At the same time, Jorge Cabral was dragged into the conflict on Malabar Coast, which arose due to the black pepper transportation. The main flow of this cargo passed through the territory, which in the XVI century was called (island) Bardela, but modern historians, even Indian, can not accurately identify this place on the map of modern India. All agree only on the fact that this area was south of Cochin and probably was an island. Since the main stream of pepper on the coast came through Bardela, his Raja wore an unofficial title of "king of pepper". Raja of neighboring Cochin was very envious of this circumstance and repeatedly tried to seize the territory of Bardela, but without success, although both sides suffered significant losses, as they say, in manpower. In the second half of 1549, Raja of Cochin enlisted the support of the Portuguese and once again attacked Bardela. "King of pepper" realized that it was bad and turned to the help of the Samorin, who was glad of any occasion to rub his nose to the ally of the Portuguese. Samorin gathered a large army and moved south along the Malabar coast, bypassing the Portuguese strongholds. Raja Tanura and his army immediately joined Samorin. At the same time, the rulers of the principalities, which
caption: 16th century Portuguese Spanish trade routes.
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