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to Portugal , and pay tribute ; and Vasco de Gama returned home with nine ships richly laden , leaving Vincent Sodre behind with five ships to scour the coasts of India , and secure the factories there . Anno 1503 . Nine ships were sent under three several commanders , Alfonso de Albuquerque , Francis de Albuquerque , and Antony de Saldanha , each of them having three sljips . The Albuquerques with
permission of the king built a fort at Cochin , burnt some towns , took many ships of Calicut , . and then returned richly laden homewards , where Alfonso arrived safe with his ships , but Francis and his were never more heard of . Saldanha , the third of these commanders , gave his name to a bay short of the . Cape of Good Hope , where he endeavoured to water ; but it cost the blood of some of his men , and
therefore the place was called Aguada de Saldanha , or Saldanha ' s wateringplace . Thence proceeding on his voyage , he obliged the king of Monbaza , on the other coast of Africa , to accept of peace ; and then went to cruise upon the Moors at ; the mouth of the Red Sea , which was the post appointed him . Anno 1564 . Finding no good was to be done in India without a
considerable force , King Emanuel fitted out 13 ships , the largest that had been yet built in Portugal , and in them 1200 men , all under the command of Lope Soarez , who made no further discoveries , only concluded peace with Zamorin , and returned rich home . Anno 1505 . D . Francisco de Almeyda was sent to India with the title of viceroy , carrying with him ' 22 ships , and in them 1500 men ,
with whom he attacked and took the town of Quiloa on the east coast of Africa , and in about 9 degrees of south latitude , where he built a fort ; then burnt Monbaza on the same coast in four degrees , and , sailing over to India , erected another fort in the island Anchediva , and a third at Cananor on the Malabar coast . Anno 1506 . James Fernandez Pereyra , commander of one of the ships left to cruise upon the mouth of the Red Seareturned to Lisbon
, with the news of his having discovered the island Zocotora , not far distant from the said mouth , and famous for producing the best aloes , from it called Succotrina . In March this year sailed from Lisbon Alfonzo de Albuquerque , and Tristan da Cunha , with 13 ships , and j 300 men , the former to command the trading ships , the latter to cruise on the coast of Arabia : in their passage they had a siht of Cape St
g , Augiistin , in Brazil ; and , standing over from thence for the Cape of Good Hope , Tristan da Cunha ran far away to the south , and discovered the islands which still retain his name . Sailing hence , some dis- > covery was made upon the island of Madagascar , that of Zocotora subdued , and the fleet sailed , part for the coast of Arabia and part for India . In the former Albuquerque took and plundered the town of
Calayate , the same he did to Mascate , Soar submitted , and Orfuzanv they found abandoned by the inhabitants . This done , Albuquerque sailed aw . ay to Ormuz , then first seen by Europeans . This city is seated in an island , at the mouth of the Persian gulph , so barren thatf it produces nothing but salt and sulphur , but it is one of the greatest } marts in those countries . Hence Albuquerque sailed to India , wherft
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Progress Of Navigation.
to Portugal , and pay tribute ; and Vasco de Gama returned home with nine ships richly laden , leaving Vincent Sodre behind with five ships to scour the coasts of India , and secure the factories there . Anno 1503 . Nine ships were sent under three several commanders , Alfonso de Albuquerque , Francis de Albuquerque , and Antony de Saldanha , each of them having three sljips . The Albuquerques with
permission of the king built a fort at Cochin , burnt some towns , took many ships of Calicut , . and then returned richly laden homewards , where Alfonso arrived safe with his ships , but Francis and his were never more heard of . Saldanha , the third of these commanders , gave his name to a bay short of the . Cape of Good Hope , where he endeavoured to water ; but it cost the blood of some of his men , and
therefore the place was called Aguada de Saldanha , or Saldanha ' s wateringplace . Thence proceeding on his voyage , he obliged the king of Monbaza , on the other coast of Africa , to accept of peace ; and then went to cruise upon the Moors at ; the mouth of the Red Sea , which was the post appointed him . Anno 1564 . Finding no good was to be done in India without a
considerable force , King Emanuel fitted out 13 ships , the largest that had been yet built in Portugal , and in them 1200 men , all under the command of Lope Soarez , who made no further discoveries , only concluded peace with Zamorin , and returned rich home . Anno 1505 . D . Francisco de Almeyda was sent to India with the title of viceroy , carrying with him ' 22 ships , and in them 1500 men ,
with whom he attacked and took the town of Quiloa on the east coast of Africa , and in about 9 degrees of south latitude , where he built a fort ; then burnt Monbaza on the same coast in four degrees , and , sailing over to India , erected another fort in the island Anchediva , and a third at Cananor on the Malabar coast . Anno 1506 . James Fernandez Pereyra , commander of one of the ships left to cruise upon the mouth of the Red Seareturned to Lisbon
, with the news of his having discovered the island Zocotora , not far distant from the said mouth , and famous for producing the best aloes , from it called Succotrina . In March this year sailed from Lisbon Alfonzo de Albuquerque , and Tristan da Cunha , with 13 ships , and j 300 men , the former to command the trading ships , the latter to cruise on the coast of Arabia : in their passage they had a siht of Cape St
g , Augiistin , in Brazil ; and , standing over from thence for the Cape of Good Hope , Tristan da Cunha ran far away to the south , and discovered the islands which still retain his name . Sailing hence , some dis- > covery was made upon the island of Madagascar , that of Zocotora subdued , and the fleet sailed , part for the coast of Arabia and part for India . In the former Albuquerque took and plundered the town of
Calayate , the same he did to Mascate , Soar submitted , and Orfuzanv they found abandoned by the inhabitants . This done , Albuquerque sailed aw . ay to Ormuz , then first seen by Europeans . This city is seated in an island , at the mouth of the Persian gulph , so barren thatf it produces nothing but salt and sulphur , but it is one of the greatest } marts in those countries . Hence Albuquerque sailed to India , wherft