Devon Field October 22, 2023 Podcast Script, Fernao Mendes Pinto Fernao Mendes Pinto 3: Melaka and the Embarrassed Envoy Devon Field October 22, 2023 Podcast Script, Fernao Mendes Pinto Our 16th-century traveller, among so many other things, arrives in Malacca (Melaka). From there he is sent out as envoy, leading to misadventure, near death, and criticism of the Portuguese Empire.