_ 9 _ Episodes of the year 1507 In that year, the Chief Officer Afonso de Albuquerque sailed with his fleet from Socotra to Ormuz, arriving in a place called Kalhat, and what he did there is mentioned in the book: "Lendas da India", 2nd chapter:(1) Chapter: II How Afonso d’ Albuquerque, the Captain-in-Chief, sailed with his fleet from Socotra towards Ormuz and arrived at the place called Kalhat, and what he did there. When he left Socotra Afonso d’ Albuquerque took with him three Moorish pilots, provided by the King of Melinde, who knew the coast towards Ormuz. He gave one pilot to Afonso Lopes da Costa and another to Antonio do Campo, and he directed that the Moorish pilots should be well housed and treated, and because the Moors navigated by (1) Document no. and reference.
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