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A French account of the soldiers in Goa, written by Pyrard François de Lava

Blog post in French of the writing of Pyrard François de Laval, a sailor from St. Malo, sailed from 1601 to 1611 to the East Indies, the Maldives, the Moluccas and Brazil. He left us an amazing book, published in 1619. Here is an exciting account, which presents the Portuguese army in Goa. Recruitment, life and appearance of the Portuguese soldier of India are described with a rare attention to detail. And we discover that the life of the soldier Portuguese India was especially nice for the time !

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Location: India
Continent: Asia
Keywords: France, sailor, soldier, travel, Brazil