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It had taken Vasco da Gama's fleet …
Years: 1499 - 1499
January
It had taken Vasco da Gama's fleet only twenty-three days to cross the Indian Ocean on the outgoing journey, sailing with the summer monsoon wind; now, on the return trip, sailing against the wind, it has taken one hundred and thirty-two days.
Gama sees land again only on January 2, 1499, passing before the coastal Somali city of Mogadishu, at this time under the influence of the Ajuran Empire in the Horn of Africa.
The fleet does not make a stop, but passing before Mogadishu, the anonymous diarist of the expedition notes that it is a large city with houses of four or five stories high and big palaces in its center and many mosques with cylindrical minarets.
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- Arab people
- Islam
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Ajuran Sultanate
- Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of
- Portuguese Empire
- Portuguese Mozambique
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- India, Medieval
- Sub-Saharan Africa, Medieval
- Interaction with Subsaharan Africa, Early European
- Age of Discovery
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- Strategic metals
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Years: 1499 - 1499
January
Locations
People
Groups
- Arab people
- Islam
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Ajuran Sultanate
- Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of
- Portuguese Empire
- Portuguese Mozambique
Topics
- India, Medieval
- Sub-Saharan Africa, Medieval
- Interaction with Subsaharan Africa, Early European
- Age of Discovery
Commodoties
- Fish and game
- Weapons
- Gem materials
- Grains and produce
- Strategic metals
- Beer, wine, and spirits
- Spices
Subjects
Regions
Subregions