Who said, "The greater number of fortresses you hold the weaker will be your power. Let all our forces will be on the sea because if we should not be powerful at the sea, everything at once be against us.......Let it be known for certain that as long as you may be powerful at the sea ......"?

Option 1 : Da Almeida

The correct answer is Da Almeida.

• The above statement was said by Francis De Almeida.
• He was a Portuguese explorer.
• Francis de Almeida was the first governor of the Portuguese in India.

• The Portuguese were the first to come to India.
  • The order of arrival is:
    • Portuguese (1498)
    • English East India Company (1600)
    • Dutch East India Company (1602)
    • Danish East India Company (1616)
    • French East India Company (1664) 
• They were also the last to leave India (1961).
• The order of departure from India:
  • The Dutch (1799)
  • The Danish (1869)
  • The British (1947)
  • The French (1954)
  • The Portuguese (1961).