_ 417 _ In the same year (1507) A disagreement occurred between Afonso de Albuquerque and his officers, so they left him, and a petition and complaint was filed to leave and travel to India, by the officer Joao da Nova, Muscat, on 27th of October 1507:(8) On 12th September 1507, Afonso de Albuquerque, noble of the household of the King, our Lord and Commander-in– Chief of his fleet, at present patrolling the Straits of Persta and Ormuz, was in council with all the noble captains of the fleet. He announced to them that he thought it fitting and in the interests of the King, for Joao da Nova to sail with his nau, his crew, and the Commander-in-Chief, when the (8) Document no. and reference.
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