Which foreign traveller from Portugal visited India in 1518?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Duarte Barbosa
Duarte Barbosa, from Portugal, visited India in 1518 and wrote a detailed account of trade and society in south India.
NCERT (2026-27): “3. François Bernier A Doctor with a Difference … Among the best known of the Portuguese writers is Duarte Barbosa, who wrote a detailed account of trade and society in south India. Later, after 1600, we find growing numbers of Dutch, English and French travellers coming to India.…”
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