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Image: Portuguese Fortress of Hormuz 1515-1622

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Description: A floorplan of the Portuguese fortress Nossa Senhora da Conceição of Hormuz, during the different phases of its construction and enlargement. Made by Wolfram Kleiss in 1978. In red: early fort built in 1515; in black, the improvements made after the 1550s.
Title: Portuguese Fortress of Hormuz 1515-1622
Credit: Revisiting Hormuz: Portuguese Interactions in the Persian Gulf Region in the Early Modern Period, 2008, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Author: Wolfram Kleiss
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