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The '''Casa da Índia''' ({{IPA-pt|ˈkazɐ ðɐ ˈĩdiɐ}}; [[English language|English]]: '''''India House''''' or '''''House of India''''') was a Portuguese [[state-run enterprise|state-run]] commercial organization during the [[Age of Discovery]]. It regulated [[international trade]] and the [[Portuguese Empire]]'s territories, colonies, and [[factory (trading post)|factories (trading posts)]] across Asia and Africa. Central to the Casa da Índia's objectives was the establishment and protection of a Portuguese ''[[mare clausum]]'' ("closed sea" – total control of the seas) in the [[Atlantic Ocean]], [[Indian Ocean]], [[Arabian
The House of India was founded by King [[Manuel I of Portugal]] in 1500 to direct Portugal's monopoly of the [[spice trade]] and to manage royal policy for [[Portuguese India]]. Following 1503, it absorbed the ''[[Company of Guinea|Casa da Guiné e Mina]]'', an organization founded by [[Prince Henry the Navigator]] in 1443, which operated under a similar mandate for Portuguese Africa, thus making the Casa da Índia responsible for the regulation of all Portuguese imperial trade, the administration of Portuguese trading posts and military bases in Asia and Africa, and protection of the [[List of Portuguese monarchs|Portuguese Crown]]'s commercial interests.
Founded with the intent of protecting Portugal's [[monopoly]]
Throughout the 15th and 16th centuries, the Casa da Índia rapidly grew into an economically powerful institution that played a crucial role in the financing of [[Portuguese discoveries]] and expeditions throughout [[West Africa]], [[East Africa]], the [[Middle East]], [[India]], and the [[East Indies]]. The Casa da Índia also played an important role in the development of modern [[cartography]], patronizing the ''[[Padrão Real]]'', one of the first [[early world maps]].
From its origins in the 1400s until its dissolution in 1833, the Casa da Índia's principal objectives changed with time, as did its relationships with the [[Kingdom of Portugal|Crown of Portugal]] and the imperial administration. Following 1642, it lost all of its trade monopolies on gold, silver, ivory, spices, and other precious commodities, transforming the organization's purview to solely a trade regulator and [[customs]] agency. Following the destruction of its [[Ribeira Palace]] headquarters and facilities in the [[1755 Lisbon earthquake|Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755]], the Casa da Índia grew increasingly obsolete in relation to Portugal's transforming trade and colonial policies, leading to most of its functions being slowly absorbed into ministries and agencies of the [[Portuguese government]] until its final dissolution in 1833.▼
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