 The tremendous profit made during this trip made the Portuguese eager for more trade with India and attracted other European navigators and tradesmen.Pedro Álvares Cabral left for India in 1500 and established Portuguese trading posts at Calicut and Cochin (modern day Kochi), returning to Portugal in 1501 with pepper, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, mace, and cloves.The profits made from this trip were huge.