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| Keywords: Red Sea Gulf of Aden 1519.jpg en Enlarged view of a section of one of the panels of the 1519 Lopo Homem-Reineis Atlas the Miller Atlas showing the Gulf of Aden and the south of the Red Sea The island of Perim Majun on the map from the Arabic Mayyun is clearly shown at the junction of the Gulf and the Sea To the north of Perim one can see the larger island of Kamaran Camaran that Albuquerque's fleet used as a base for some time after penetrating the Red Sea following its failure to capture Aden in 1513 Aden a peninsula is shown as an island as on many later maps and engravings 2014-04-23 08 24 52 Many Internet sources including https //www saudiaramcoworld com/issue/200504/the coming of the portuguese htm The Miller Atlas Lopo Homem-Reineis Atlas 1519 my cropping of a much larger map PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Colony of Aden Lopo Homem Gulf of Aden History of Aden Afonso de Albuquerque Perim Island Kamaran Island | ||||
