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Francisco Barreto
Francisco Barreto was a Portuguese soldier and administrator who governed Portuguese India from 1555 to 1558. In 1569 he was sent to lead a large expedition up the Zambezi to conquer the gold mines of the Mutapa kingdom. Disease killed most of his men and horses, and he died at Sena in 1573 without reaching the mines.
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