Question: what is afonso de albuquerque famous for?
Answer: Author of Origins of Spain and Portugal and others. Afonso de Albuquerque, also called Afonso de Albuquerque the Great, (born 1453, Alhandra, near Lisbon, Portugal—died December 15, 1515, at sea, off Goa, India), Portuguese soldier, conqueror of Goa (1510) in India and of Melaka (1511) on the Malay Peninsula.