ALB 



ALB 



wHen cxpofcd with a little water to a warm air, it Avcllcd conceived would be beneficial in a variety of-refpeft--., and 



conlidtrably, exhaled a fttij auimoiiiacal odour, and gave chiefly ii\ rcfcuinir the trade of the tail out of the hands 



all the ul'ual figns of aftive putrefaftioii ; hence explaining ot the Turks and other Mahometan natims. Uut death- 



the reafon of the rank difagreeable fmcU that eharaderiles prevented tiie accomplillinu-nt of his varioui purpoTes ; fur 



the fpontaneous dccompoiition of all the cruciform plants, atter his return to Goa, he was feizcd with a diflemncr 



When dried, by prcffure between two pieces of paper, it which in a few days proved fatal ; fo that h^. died, Dec. l6, 



exhibited a coniiderable degree of dudility and tranl'parence, '5 15. at t.hc age of 63. He was called by the Mahome- 



like glue. tans, Albuberciue Malandy, becaufe he was born at Mc- 



Albumen was afterwards found in the roots of various linda in Atrica ; but, by the Portuguefe, he was julUy 



vegetables, efpecially of the rnmex-patientia ; alfo in wheat denominated Albuberque the Great. He was the ablelt 



and the farinaceous feeds ; and in general in all the green ftatefman, and the moll confnmmatc general they ever had 



and lucculent parts of plants. The acid pulps of fruits in India, and left their affairs in the bell fituation ; and vet 



are totally dcllitute of this fubllauce, but abound with he performed his numerous exploits with a very inconfider- 



jelly ; and it is the opinion of Fourcroy, that in all thefe 

 cafes there is a converfion. of albumen into jelly, by tlie 

 gradual evolution of the acid, and conlequent fixation of 

 oxygen* Did. Method. A rt. Albumine Vegetal. Foureroy 

 Syll. des Conn. Cliimiq. vol. viii. 



ALBUNEA FoNS, or yiil/iiLe aqius, in Ancient Gcogra- 

 ph)', a fountain and fmall river in the country of tlie Sabmes, 

 well of the Tiber. It was famous for its fulphureous wa- 

 ters, whicli occalioned baths to be ereAed near them, men- 

 tioned by Suetonius, and Hygcia the goddels of health to 

 be worthipped ther 



able force. With 30 (liijis he took Calicut;' with 21 he 

 became mailer of Goa ; wilii 23 he furpri/.ed Malacca; 

 and he had no more than 22 in his expedition againll Ormuz. 

 His funeral was performed with great foleinnity, and his 

 body inteiTcd in a chapel built by him at Goa, and dedi- 

 cated to the blelled Vn-gin, which chapel was much enlarged 

 by his fon, Alphonlo Albubenjue, wiio lived to the age of 

 So, and wrote a large book of Memoirs, in which he re- 

 corded his father's adlions. 



He lludied the difpoiition of the people among whom he 

 lived, and conformed in outward pomp and magnificence ou 



ALBUNUELAS, m Geography, a town of Spain, in public days to the habits of the Indians; thougii in his pri- 

 the province of Grenada, four leagues eaft of Alhama. vate mode of living, he was ilriit and abllemious. lii ex- 



ALBUOLA, a town of the kingdom of Naples, iu acting the dues of the crown, he was ftvere ; but as to his 

 the province of EafiHcata, eight miles louth of Potcn/.a. perfonal lortune, he had fcarcely any thin<r which he could 



ALBUQUERQUE, a town of Spain, in the province call liis own.. His officers were his children, to whofe iii- 

 of Eftremadura, on die frontiers of Portugal, fituate on an llruftion he was as attentive as the moll atfcctionate parent 



eminence, and defended by a llrong cafUe. It has a con- is to the education of his fons. WhiUl he overlooked tri- 



fiderabk trade of wool and woollen manufaftures. N. lat. vial faults, he punilhed treachery or negleft of duty with 



38° y2'. W. long.. 6° 6'. inexorable feverity. He was liberal in bellowing recom- 



Albucvl'ErqjjEjAlphonso DE,in_S/35-/-(7/'/'j',aPortuguefe pence and applaufe on thole officers who dilliii"-uirtied 



governor of the Indies, contributed more than any other to themfelves by any great anions ; at the fame time he was 



extend the territories and to ellablilh the power of the court not only filent as to his own, but would not permit others 



of Portugal in that country. The firll exploit which he to commend them. It was a maxim which he often re- 



perfarmed, after being appointed governor, was the reduc- peated, "that he was afraid of nothing but flattery ;" and it 



tion of Calicut ; which he attacked at once by laud and w'as oblerved, that he never preferred any who attempted to 



fea, with fueh fury, that he foon became mailer of the gain his favour in that way. Some of the Poi tugiiefe hif- 



town, which he burnt ; and of the fortrefs, which he de- torians have obfcrved, that the vanity of his predecciTor Al- 



mohfiied. As foon as he recovered from an. accidental in- meyda, made hint afFecl the llate of a priiiee when the Por- 



jury which he received on this occafion, lie proceeded againll tuguefe power was veiy imperfedlly ellablilhed ; whereas 



Goa, and took it. This city, in 1^59, became the refi- the modefty of Albuberque was moll confpicuous when his 



dence of the governor, and the fee of an archbiihop and victories left him notliing to fear, and when tlie "-reatell 



primate of the Indies. His next objedl was, Malacca, princes of the call fent ambaffadors to folicit his friendfliip. 



which he attacked by fea and land, took by ftorm, and Albuberque, however, was actuated by boundlefs ambition ; 



delivered to the pillage of the Portuguefe foldiers. The and his extravagant defire of extending the doHiinions of 



clear fifth refervcd for the king, amounted in value to Portugal, made him regardlefs of the meafures which he 



200,000 pieces of gold. The lall enterprife of any mo- adopted for this purpofe. In private life, he was a man of 



ment in which he was engaged, was the liege and capture the Ihiiteil honour; bnt in his public charatler, liable to 



of Ormuz. He had formed other great projects, which, jull reproach and cenfure. After fcrving his prince and 



however, he did not live to execute., Oneof thefe regarded country with fmgular zeal and fiiccefs, he liad the misfor- 



the revival of the Indian trade by way of Ale.xandria, tune to die in difgrace. His ambition, aullcrity, and (Irict 



in which he knew the Venetians would have affilled the regard to juflice, had raifed enemies, who were aluduous 



Turks, or any other perfons, for their own emolument 

 He propofed, therelore, to the emperor of Ethiopia, that 

 for his ')wn fecurily, he Ihould divert the channel of the 

 Nile, by cutting a palfage tor it into the Arabian fea be- 

 fore it reached Egypt ; and by fo doing, 'he would have 



in their endeavours to prejudice the king againll him ; and 

 as he had foiieited with a view to the prefcrvation of Goa, 

 the grant of it, together with the title of a duehv, as a 

 reward for his fei-vices, this was made a pretence for ex- 

 citing and increaling the jealoufy of the king : and thus. 



rendered the greatelt part of Egypt uninhabitable ; and at before his death, he was difplaeed from the ofhce of gover- 



the fame time made it impracticable to renew the old mode nor, and another perfon appointed in his room. When 



of tranfporting Eall-India commodities from the Red Sea Albuberque heard of this appointment, he is faid to have 



to Alexandria, which was the object he had principally in exclaimed : " I incurred the hatred of men by my love for 



viev,'. Another projeft was to tranfport 300 horfe from the king, and am difgraced by him through his prepolfcf- 



the illand ot Ormuz to the oppolite coafl of Arabia, and fion for other men. To the grave, unhappy old man ; it is 



thus to plunder the tomb of Mahomet at Mecca, which he time thou wert there ; to the grave 1" His letter to tb« 



king, 



