ABSTRACT
Simon de Alcazaba was a Portuguese officer who, after doing some work for his own country in the East Indies, had entered the Spanish service. He seems to have been considered an able navigator, for he was selected by the government of Charles V as a deputy at the Badajos conference. But the Portuguese objected to him, probably because they thought that the evidence of a compatriot who knew the East Indies, but had changed his allegiance, might be injurious to their case. The objection was allowed, and another expert was appointed in his place.
