Another event that sparked a rapid development in the international law was the capture of the Portuguese galleon, the Santa Catalina, by a ship from the Dutch East India company in 1601. This was argued to be a breach of the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas because the Dutch vessel was in Portuguese waters. Where did the incident take place?

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(a) In the Gulf of Cambay
(b) Off the coast of Lisbon
(c) In the Straits of Malacca
(d) In the South Atlantic, near Sao Paolo
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