Age of Exploration

She Passed Portugal's War Secrets to Bijapur

A teenaged girl in a Portuguese trading post memorized everything the colonizers said, and then used it to destroy them.

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Indian Ocean WorldAge of ExplorationColonial IndiaEspionageBijapur SultanatePortuguese EmpireResistance16th CenturySouth AsiaForgotten Figures

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