_ 299 _ In the same year (1550) The events that took place among Basra, Muscat and Ormuz, as mentioned in the book: “The Biography of Dom João III”, by Francisco de Andrade:(36) The Governor sent Goncalo Vaz de Tavora with four foists to the Strait to gather news about the Turks. He made João da Silva de Meneses, Baltasar da Costa and Francisco Fernandes Moricale, captains of the other three foists. On arriving in Basra to take on water, they found a João Goncalves there, whom the captain of Diu had sent in a cutter for the very same purpose of obtaining news about the Turks. When they all left there together, the Easterlies created such a fierce storm off the port of Zeila that, to avoid being (36) Document no. and reference.
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