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People: Pepin I of Aquitaine
Topic: Cypriot War of 1963-64, Greek-Turkish
Location: Pozarevac Serbia Serbia

António de Saldanha is still stuck in …

Years: 1503 - 1503
October

António de Saldanha is still stuck in South Africa (he leaves his own note at the watering hole in Mossel Bay in in October.

Rui Lourenço Ravasco had meanwhile left Mozambique Island and moored his ship in Kilwa, waiting for his captain.

The summer monsoon winds are long gone, so there is no hope of an Indian Ocean crossing this year.

The captains of the third squadron, stuck in Africa until the next summer, content themselves with plucking prizes.

Rui Lourenço Ravasco has quickly made a nuisance of himself.

He had grabbed a few ships off Kilwa, before being reminded that Vasco da Gama had already extorted 'tribute' from Kilwa and thus the city is protected.

Sailing up to Zanzibar to find more prey, ...