Use the quote below to answer the question. I hold it as very certain that if we [Portugal] take this trade of Malacca [Malaysia] away out lof their [Muslim] hands __ to Venice no spices will be conveyed except that which her merchants go and buy in Portugal. The Commentaries of the Great Alfonso De Albuquerque 1511 Based on the quote , why did Portugal invade Malacca? to protect Venice from invaders to stop the spread of Christianity to control the Asian spice trade to establish a democratic form of government