Alfonso DAlbuquerque1507
Portuguese forces under command of Afonso de Albuquerque conquer Socotra in the the Red Sea and Ormuz in the Persian Gulf
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Portuguese forces under command of Afonso de Albuquerque conquer Socotra in the the Red Sea and Ormuz in the Persian Gulf
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