The strait at the entrance to the persian gulf, where hormuz is located on the island of the same name, was of no less strategic importance in the age of sailing ships in the indian ocean than it is today. The city controlled traffic between the ports on the gulf and the east. From georg braun, frans hogenberg: civitates orbis terrarum, 1572 ff. © hebrew university of jerusalem & israel national library. Date: 1572.
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