Rui de Brito Patalim

In May 1513, Álvares sailed under the Portuguese Malacca captain Rui de Brito Patalim in a junk from Pegu. The expedition was accompanied by five other

14th century. But Brown also cited P. Manuel Teixeira's analysis of Rui de Brito Patalim [pt]'s correspondence, which suggested that there were two different

rule. According to the 16th-century Portuguese historian Emanuel Godinho de Erédia, the site of the old city of Malacca was named after the malacca tree

equivalent to modern-day Republic of Mozambique. (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For continuation after independence, see: List

Gomes de Abreu, Captain major (1507–1508) Rui de Brito Patalim, Acting Captain major (1508–1509) António de Saldanha, Captain major (1509–1512) Simão de Miranda