_ 141 _ In the same year (1581) A description of Ormuz Island came:(33) The island of Geru was graced by the city of Ormuz, situated at the entrance to the Persian Gulf, an opulent centre of trade, where all the nations and riches of the Orient called on their way to Persia, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Anatolia, the Arabias, Egypt and Europe.(A) In this description of Ormuz Captain Ribeiro summed up the great importance of the fortress, watchful sentinel of our interests in India, dominating all the significant trade conducted through the strait. From here the State of India drew almost a sixth of all its revenue. The great attention paid to defending it(B) was thus (A) Ribeiro, Fatalidade histórica da liha de Cellão, p. 240. (B) The fortress of Ormuz is so important, and the revenue from the (33) Document no. and reference.
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