Editing Afonso de Albuquerque (section)

====Shipwreck on the ''Flor de la mar'', 1511====
[[File:Portuguese ship museum Melaka.jpg|thumb|Replica of a Portuguese carrack at the Maritime Museum of Malacca, made in reference to the Flor do Mar]]
On 20 November 1511 Afonso sailed from Malacca to the coast of Malabar on the old ''[[Flor de la Mar]]'' [[carrack]] that had served to support the conquest of Malacca. Despite its unsound condition, he used it to transport the treasure amassed in the conquest, given its large capacity.<ref name="Foundations" /> He wanted to give the court of King Manuel a show of Malaccan treasures. There were also offerings from the [[Ayutthaya Kingdom]] (Thailand) to the king of Portugal, and all his own fortune. On the voyage, the ''[[Flor de la Mar]]'' was wrecked in a storm, and Afonso barely escaped drowning.<ref name="RICKLEFSp23" />