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The Carreira da Índia: Portugal's Deadly Ocean Highway
In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace the Carreira da Índia, the perilous sea route that linked Lisbon to Goa and made Portugal a global power—at a staggering human cost. They follow the voyages of Vasco da Gama and Pedro Álvares Cabral, the shipwrecks that littered the African coast, and the scurvy that killed thousands. They explore the rise of the nau, the great carracks that braved Cape storms, and the cartaz system that tried to control the Indian Ocean. They meet figures like Dom Francisco de Almeida and Afonso de Albuquerque, whose strategies shaped the route, and the pilots who…
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