To exploit the new resources, a new expedition was fitted out under Pedro Alvarez Cabral.His instructions were to persuade the Zamorin to drive out Moors. Chance led his armadato the coast of Brazil which he claimed for Portugal, reaching India next with six ships. After prolonged negotiations he was given the right to a factory in Calicut. Portugal thenbegan to claim extraordinary rights on the sea: as Lords of the Sea, they could seize allgoods of those on the ocean without permission. With that, Cabral seized an Arab ship in the harbour. Nair riots ensued and the factory was destroyed. Cabral resorted to burning of ships and massacres of crews. His bombardment of the town made the Zamorin angry and Calicut a determined opponent of the Portuguese. Facing danger, Cabral sailed on to Cochin where the Rajah was pleased to hear aboutthe quarrel with the Zamorin. He granted permissions to trade and in him Cabral foundin Cochin an ally whose whose submissions were going to be to be of great importanceto Portuguese power in the East. The Rajah thought he had found allies who would helpfree him from the control of the Zamorin. Permission was granted to build a factory in Cochin. At the same time, messengers arrived from Quilon and Cannanore with invitations to trade. The Zamorin arrived at Cochin to attack with a fleet of eighty ships. Cabral left hurriedlyfor Cannanore, loaded more cargo and sailed on to Portugal.
