_ 125 _ Episodes of the year 1520 At the beginning of that year, the Viceroy of India decided that 1520 would be the year of the invasion of Jeddah, fighting the Turks, burning their ships, and then building a castle in Jeddah or Aden. After the governor left Goa, he headed to Jeddah on the 13th of February 1520, accompanied by the Portuguese fleet. These events came in the book: “History of the Discovery and Conquest of India by the Portuguese”, by Fernao Lopes de Castanheda, (chapters 21-26):(16) Chapter: XXI Having dispatched Goncalo de Loule, and the sea being calm, the governor set off for Quilon to see the fortress (16) Document no. and reference.
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