 His two tenures as Viceroy of Portuguese India were notable for his continued military successes and for his economic rehabilitation policies.His first tenure, between 1717 and 1721, started when he was only 27 and arrived in Goa, with 6 six ships and 2,000 soldiers.His power and expansive policies led him to be dubbed the ""greatest of the governors of the Orient of the first half of the 18th century.""