Pieter van der Aa
Arabia, the Persian Gulf & Strait of Hormuz, 1706
6 x 8 ½ in
15 x 22 cm
15 x 22 cm
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£ 395.00
An attractive Dutch map of eastern Arabia, the Persian Gulf, Oman, the Strait of Hormuz, and the adjacent coast of Iran. This map was published to illustrate the voyages of...
An attractive Dutch map of eastern Arabia, the Persian Gulf, Oman, the Strait of Hormuz, and the adjacent coast of Iran. This map was published to illustrate the voyages of Afonso de Albuquerque, specifically his raid on the Persian Gulf, the first by a European.
Afonso de Albuquerque was a highly effective Portuguese admiral who helped Portugal to establish itself as a global empire in the early 1500s. He captured Goa and Malacca for the Portuguese crown and succeeded in closing off the Indian Ocean by blocking the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz.
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Afonso de Albuquerque was a highly effective Portuguese admiral who helped Portugal to establish itself as a global empire in the early 1500s. He captured Goa and Malacca for the Portuguese crown and succeeded in closing off the Indian Ocean by blocking the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz.
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