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 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 491 C. 1521. S. 1443. H. 1)28. ■ George Albuquerque, governor of Malacca, at- tacks Passe in Sumatra, Jeinal the king of which is killed in the storm. — He restores to the throne the legitimate king who had fled to Hindustan, imploring the assistance of the Portuguese. George de Britto, with a squadron of nine ships, touching at Achin on his way to the Moluccas, is induced from avarice, and at the instigation of a shipwrecked Portuguese named Borba, who had in his distress been kindly treated by the king, to at- tack a temple reputed to contain great riches, in which he is defeated and slain. Antonio de Britto succeeds to the command of the squadron destined for the Moluccas, and, pro- ceeding to Malacca, unites with George Albu- querque in an attempt against Bintan, with eighteen vessels and six hundred soldiers. They attack that place, and are disgracefully defeated by the ce- lebrated Laksimana, who pursues Albuquerque, after his coadjutor had proceeded in his voyage to the Moluccas, and takes one ship of his squadron. The Spaniards, conducted by Magellan, arrive in the Moluccas by the Straits bearing his name. That great navigator is killed in an affray with the people of the little isle of Maktan, one of the Philippines. Antonio de Britto, as governor of the Moluccas, touches at Java on his way to these islands. He