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The '''Casa da Índia''' ({{IPA-pt|ˈkazɐ dɐ ˈĩdiɐ}}, [[English language|English]]: '''''India House''''' or '''''House of India''''') was a Portuguese [[state-run enterprise|state-run]] commercial organization founded during the [[Age of Discovery]], charged with the regulation of [[international trade]] and the administration of the [[Portuguese Empire]]'s territories, colonies, and [[factory (trading post)|factories]] across India, Africa, and the rest of Asia. Central to the Casa da Índia's objectives was the establishment and protection of a Portuguese ''[[mare clausum]]'' (total control of the seas) in the [[Atlantic Ocean]], [[Indian Ocean]], [[Arabian sea]], and the [[East Indies|Indies]]. It 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 (disambiguation)|Portuguese Africa]], thus making the Casa da Índia responsible for the regulation of all Portuguese imperial trade, the administration of Portuguese trade 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]] on the spice trade, the Casa da Índia began financing and organizing the [[Portuguese India Armadas]] in 1497, annual armadas of [[galleon]]s, [[carrack]]s, and [[caravel]]s transporting commodities, like gold, ivory, and spices, between [[Lisbon]] and the Portuguese trade posts and colonies across Africa and Asia. The Casa da Índia sponsored numerous famous Portuguese navigators, including [[Vasco da Gama]] (who [[Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India|discovered the sea route to India]]), [[Pedro Álvares Cabral]] (who discovered [[Brazil]]), and [[Afonso de Albuquerque]] (who established Portuguese hegemony in the [[Indian Ocean]]). Throughout the 15th and 16th centuries, the Casa da Índia rapidly grew into
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
==History==
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