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The Weapons
The Portuguese Fleet
(Portuguesa Armada):
If the Othmanians, the Sofians,
Chinese, Mongols and Russians
depended basically on their land
armies equipped with gunpowder
guns and cannons, so the
Portuguese depended basically
on their Marine Power with a
very small army in all regions in
Eastern half of the Globe which
they controlled. Their number
did not exceed 10 thousand
soldiers in all the sectors of the
Portuguese army. Here pops
up the role of the real and main
power of the Portuguese Army,
the huge ships crossing the
oceans with good armaments
of gunpowder and fire balls,
meaning the modern artillery at
that time, was the weapon that
confirms their presence in the
beginning in Eastern Islamic
Regions.
The main types of the Portuguese
Ships:
Carrack, Galleon, Caravel, were
the most important Portuguese
Marine Ships when they started
their geographical discoveries
across the oceans and seas by
going oroldunwdotrhldelilkaergAefrcicoan.ti(n12e)nts
in the
The “ Carrack” was a fast sail
30
boat included in the field of ship
industries in the 16th century.
The “Caravel” was a ship that
have squared sails, and was
considered unique in its kind.
There were also the (Galley), it
was a sail ship with oars.
In addition to (Galliot) and all
of them appeared in a semi
military review, within “ Suez
Campaign” in the year 1540 –
1541 to the Marine Leader (Joao
de Castro) who was the general
ruler of the Portuguese India.
On top of a Portuguese Armada
that consists of 72 ship. This
campaign was sent specially
to destroy the Othmanian fleet
which was anchored at Suez in
Egypt, this was an answer for
the entry of the Othmanian to the
Indian O15c3e8a.n(1a3)nd the siege of
(Dui) in
(Galeão, Roteiro do Mar Roxo, by D._João_
de_Castro)