The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages of Vasco Da Gama (79 page)

Conti, Niccolò de’,
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Corbinelli, Francesco,
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Córdoba,
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Corinthians,
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Correia, Gaspar,
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Corte-Real, Gaspar,
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Corte-Real, Miguel,
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Cortés,
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Council of Constance,
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Council of Pisa,
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Coutinho, Luís,
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Couto, Diogo do,
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Covilhã, Pêro da,
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camel trek to Red Sea,
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dispatch to King John,
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in east Africa,
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in Egypt,
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journey to Calicut,
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journey to Hormuz,
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posting to Fez and Tlemcen,
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return to Cairo (1491),
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return to Hormuz, wanderings in Arabia, and stay in Ethiopia,
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spy mission, orders for,
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Cresques, Abraham,
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Crimean War,
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Crusader states (Edessa, Antioch, Tripoli),
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Crusades,
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First (1095),
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Second (1147),
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Third (1187),
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Fourth (1202),
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Seventh (1248),
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Age of Discovery as global,
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attempts to revive,
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Bush’s use of word,
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going native and (
poulins
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indulgences granted to Christians on,
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Last Crusade,
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Nicopolis (1396),
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papal bulls of Crusade granted to Portugal,
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People’s Crusade,
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sentiment of, speech (1506),
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today’s Muslim extremists and,
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Damascus,
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Dark Ages,
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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, The
(Gibbon),
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De modo Sarracenos extirpandi
(Adam),
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Detti, Guido,
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Dias, Bartolomeu,
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Cabral’s mission of 1500 and,
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Cape of Good Hope discovered,
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cross erected on island,
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lost at sea,
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overseer of new Gama ships,
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Dias, Diogo,
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Dias, Pêro,
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Diu, Battle of,
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Drake, Sir Francis,
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Eanes, Gil,
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Eastern Orthodox church,
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See also
Syriac Orthodox church

East India Company,
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Edessa,
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Edward of Portugal,
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Edward I of England,
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Egypt,
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balsam trees wilting and,
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Battle of Diu and,
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Copts,
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Covilhã and Paiva spying and,
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Fatimids in,
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Islamic conquest of,
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Mamluk rule,
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mummy hunting by Europeans,
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Ottoman Empire and,
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Ottomans defeat Mamluks,
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Portuguese blockade,
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pyramids,
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Saladin and,
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spice trade and,
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Syria invades,
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Venetian alliance with,
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Eighty Years’ War,
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El Cid (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar),
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Elements of Astronomy
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Eli, Mount,
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Elizabeth I of England,
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England

alliance with Dutch,
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alliance with Ottomans,
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alliance with Portugal,
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assault on Agincourt (1415),
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capture of Portuguese
Madre de Deus
and treasure,
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defeat of Spanish Armada,
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East India Company,
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exploration by,
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first fleet returns from India,
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modern navy of,
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tea trade,
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Temple in,
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Ephrem the Syrian, St.,
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Epiphanos,
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Erasmus,
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Eratosthenes,
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Escalante, Bernardino de,
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Escobar, Pêro,
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Ethiopia,
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Christianity in,
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Covilhã in,
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Crusade to,
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kings of,
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Prester John and,
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Eugene IV, Pope,
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Eulogius,
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Europe

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bubonic plague in,
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Christianity and,
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desire for gold,
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East and balance of power,
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expanded world and adventure,
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expulsion of Islam,
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first use of term “Europeans,”
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geography and the Bible,
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Hundred Years War,
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intellectual impact of Muslim Iberia,
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mapmaking in,
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medieval life, filth and aromas of,
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Mongol invasion,
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Mongols and access to Asia,
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Mongols as biblical scourge,
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Muslim bandits and,
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mythology of Europa,
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spice merchants,
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spice use in,
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superstition in,
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Évora, Portugal,
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Faqih, Jauhar al-,
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Fatimids,
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Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu,
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Ferdinand, Prince of Portugal,
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Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain,
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Columbus and,
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conquest of Granada,
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ethnic cleansing by, Inquisition,
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expulsion of Muslims and Jews,
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letter from Manuel I,
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Manuel I as son-in-law,
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Spanish Inquisition and,
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treaty with Portugal,
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Ferdinand I of Aragon,
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Ferdinand I of Portugal (the Handsome),
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Fitch, Ralph,
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Florence,
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France,
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Battle of Poitiers,
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Cathars of,
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English invasion (1415),
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Islamic invasion,
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League of Cambrai,
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Renaissance,
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Francis I of France,
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Frederick I, Emperor,
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Frederick II, Emperor,
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Fulcher of Chartres,
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Gama, Álvaro da (son),
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Gama, Cristóvão da (son),
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Gama, Estêvão da (cousin),
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Gama, Estêvão da (son),
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Gama, Francisco da (son),
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Gama, Gaspar da (Venetian-speaking man from Goa),
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Cabral’s mission of 1500 and,
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Gama, Paulo da (brother)

as adviser to brother, Vasco,
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as captain,
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death of,
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kidnapping of Gama and crew and,
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suspicions of man from Goa,
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Gama, Paulo da (son),
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Gama, Pedro da (son),
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Gama, Vasco da,
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as Admiral of India,
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anti-Muslim sentiments,
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appearance,
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background, family, court career,
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birth date, place,
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burial at Belém (1538),
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burial in Cochin,
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character and personality,
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as Count of Vidigueira,
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as Crusader,
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death of,
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desire for rank,
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fame of,
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as a
fidalgo
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hero’s welcome for,
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honors upon return to Portugal,
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islands named after,
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King John and,
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King Manuel and,
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last wishes,
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marriage to Catarina de Ataíde,
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men’s loyalty to,
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oath of allegiance,
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in Order of Santiago,
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rewards for,
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right to command,
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search for Asian sea route,
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