_ 69 _ (7) Document no. and reference. In the same year (1529) A letter was sent from Antonio Galvao to Queen Catarina in 1529, regarding the Red Sea:(7) Text in full of pages 258-9 Madam, Many times I have thought that I would not write this because all my labour has achieved is to begin, end and lose credit, to such an extent that I dare not speak, still less tell anything and sign it. But remembering the obligation I have to serve Your Highness, I decided to write this. Your Highness knows that the right arm of India is the Red Sea, and that if it is not kept well scoured and clean it becomes putrid. There is great danger there, nor is Ormuz at all secure, especially if the Turks take Basra, as they tried to do after taking Baghdad, which is further up the river
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