_ 56 _ In the same year (1517) The Viceroy of India, Lopo Soares, who was appointed by the King of Portugal in March 1516, sailed with a large campaign on Bab al-Mandab, and the surrounding islands and cities, up to the city of Jeddah, at the beginning of February 1517. This came in the book: “History of the Discovery and Conquest of India by the Portuguese”, by Fernao Lopes de Castanheda, (Chapters 10-13):(11) Chapter: X When the governor heard the news from Aleixo about the Sultan’s fleet he decided to go in search of the enemy in the Strait, as were his instructions. As the governor’s armada was beginning to put to sea, together with other well-equipped ships, he sent them to Goa, where they were to join the fleet that was being, made (11) Document no. and reference.
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