File:Dom João de Castro - Roteiro do Mar Roxo - Bab-El-Mandeb.jpg

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English: 16th century drawing of the Bab-El-Mandeb drawn by the Portuguese nobleman Dom João de Castro, entitled Távoa das Portas do Estreito or "Plate of the Gates of the Strait". Made as part of the Roteiro do Mar Roxo, which included navigational, geographical and hydrographical information about the coasts of Arabia and the Red Sea, then known as the Purple Sea - Mar Roxo.
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Source Roteiro do Mar Roxo. Tábuas dos Roteiros da Índia, Biblioteca Geral Digital of the University of Coimbra, Portugal. https://digitalis-dsp.uc.pt/bg1/UCBG-Cofre-33/UCBG-Cofre-33_item1/P89.html
Author Dom João de Castro

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