_ 133 _ In the same year (1550) George Cabral, the Governor of India, sent a letter to D. Joao III, Cochin, on the 21st of February 1550, reporting on the conquest of Aden:(14) Extract from a long letter As has already been reported, and according to what they tell me, Gonçalo Vaz de Tavors left Goa, amid great excitement, with four fustas, to invade Aden. If this news is correct, when I dispatch Gil Fernandes de Carvalho to Ormuz in March, I shall send him with some fustas to Socotrá to verify the fact. If he finds out that it is true, he will also go to Aden. As soon as I am satisfied, I shall take steps to act in your interests, so that such a fine opportunity may not be lost, through neglect, as happened in previous years. (14) Document no. and reference.
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