Recklessness at sea, the Age of Exploration between East and West before the Age of Discovery: The Battle of Joor. Before the Age of Discovery, the sea passage between the east and the west had been opened, but it presented a tragic scene of life and death. At that time, the Portuguese fought a fierce naval battle with the Muslims and Venetians in order to seize the dominance of the plantation empire, which can be called one of the bloodiest naval battles in history. What the hell is going on in this Battle of Jul?
Dude, first of all, we need to understand the background. In 1498, the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama was the first to circumnavigate the Cape of Good Hope and reach India, opening a new route to the East. This is undoubtedly a severe blow to the Muslims who have controlled the Indian Ocean trade route for nearly a thousand years.
King Manuel I of Portugal appointed Francisco de Almeida, the viceroy of India, to conquer all non-Portuguese ships and monopolize trade in the East. In 1505, Almeida led an expedition to India, where he left Portuguese footprints.
This provoked both the Muslim and Christian Republic of Venice. How could they tolerate such a Fei in their eyes? So, in 1507, the Muslims and Venetians joined forces to recruit troops and build 12 large ships in the port of Suez, commanded by Mir Husam, to go to India to snipe the Portuguese.
In March 1508, the coalition met the Portuguese fleet led by Almeida's son Lorenzo at the port of Giore. At the beginning, it was iron and porcelain to meet, and it was urgent! The Muslim legions swept with ballistas, while the Portuguese put up a stubborn resistance with the power of their artillery. You come and go, caught in a protracted and vicious battle.
At this critical moment, the Gujarat fleet arrived to reinforce the Muslim legion. Early the next morning, Lorenço did not dare to gamble anymore and decided to direct the ships to retreat. But who would have thought that his flagship would be wounded and leaky during the retreat, and would soon be besieged by the Muslim fleet. In order to prevent the corpse from falling into the hands of the enemy, the Portuguese sailors threw the body of the dead Lorenzo into the sea, which was a truly suffocating scene.
The remaining Portuguese ships were powerless to watch as their flagships were captured and hundreds of sailors were slaughtered. Only 19 people survived, and one of them, a young man named Andre, resisted desperately for two days and two nights in the mid-sail basket, throwing stones downward. This tenacity is powerful enough!
When the news reached the ears of Governor Almeida, he was almost overwhelmed with grief and indignation. He immediately vowed to avenge his misfortune and led the fleet north along the coast, preparing to fight to the death with the coalition forces.
In the fierce battle, which lasted for several days, both sides suffered heavy casualties. But there is no doubt that the Portuguese suffered a major blow and could no longer stand out in the Indian Ocean. This battle not only rewrote the map of the sea power of the East and the West, but also heralded the beginning of the Age of Discovery, and a global trade hegemony war began.
Dear friends, this is the cause and effect of the Battle of Joor. A seemingly small contest has set off a monstrous wave in the tide of the times, directly affecting the international pattern in the coming centuries. Behind the bloody and cruel is the collision and wrestling of the interests of all parties, and the collision and integration of civilizations. All this will be laid out in the larger picture of the times.