_ 81 _ Episodes of the year 1565 The itinerary of the journey from Ormuz Island to Tripoli [sic], and then to La Rochelle, France, was mentioned by Mr. Afonso, on the 25th of June 1565:(16) Item: I left Ormuz on 25 June 1565 in a caravan by way of Persia; this was because in Basra, through which passes the shortest and safest route, the Arabs and the captain of the city were under siege by the Grand Turk. In time of peace caravans normally go from Basra to Aleppo in fifty days(A) with much greater safety and rapidity than by the route I took. I left in the company of a certain Aragonese and another Venetian, some Armenian Christians and other Persians, (A) Fifty days, twenty-five to Damascus and from there the rest to Aleppo. (16) Document no. and reference.
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