Caption

The Turks and Portuguese in the Indian Ocean 10th-16th Centuries

Summary

This map illustrates the development of navigation along the Indian Ocean. In 1498, Vasco da Gama was guided by Ibn Majid on a known route, but later the Portuguese fleets pioneered a more direct route through the Cape of Good Hope.

Legend indicates:

• Voyage of Sayyidi Ali Re’is from al-Basra to Daman, 961/1554
• First Voyage of Vasco da Gama, 903-5/1498-99
• Routes used by the annual fleets between Lisbon and India

Source

An Historical Atlas of Islam – Atlas Historique de l’Islam, Second Edition. Edited by Hugh Kennedy, Tuta sub Aegide Pallas 1683,
Brill, Leiden-Boston-Koeln, 2002, page 61.

Cartography by Marc Bel, Peter van der Donck.

Copyright

© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, The Netherlands. All rights reserved.

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