_ 209 _ Please also find out how many leagues there are from the Straits to Suez as also the stretch of way up until Santa Catarina. We know that concerning all these things you are well informed but nevertheless we want him (Joao Serrao) to find out all we have asked as thoroughly as possible and that you obtain and send with him the best possible ships for this journey. Please do anything else you think necessary so that you can report back to us as soon as possible. Written in Almeirim on the 2nd March 1514, Antonio Fernandes did it. The King (On, the, reverse) By the King to Afonso d’Albuquerque, of his council, and Chief Captain of the territories of India.
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