Afonso D'Alboquerque Seizes Hormuz

Alfonso D'Alboquerque's son, of the same name, had kept commentaries of his father's adventures. D'Alboquerque published these commentaries in 1557, and in one of these he wrote about his father's "Seize of Hormuz". The article describes the battle amongst the Portuguese ships and the native ships, along with the natives on land. According to D'Alboquerque the Portuguese were much more well equipped. They had more advanced ships. Not only did they have more advance ships, they had guns and artillery that the native Hormuz just didn't have. The Hormuz simply had archery at their disposal. It was a slaughter, the native Hormuz stood absolutely no chance. This article published by D'Alboquerque, is biased as to what truly happened. D'Alboquerque stated that, "...the Moors throwing themselves into the sea from fear of our artillery, thinking that they could escape that way by swimming." This quote shows clear bias toward the Portuguese. Alfonso contradicted himself because earlier in the article he stated, "...ran into a large vessel that lay close to him and killed part of the men in it, while the rest threw themselves into the sea...". The article is obviously bias because D'Alboquerque himself is biased toward his father. The importance of this article in 1557 was tremendous. It was the only way to record the events at the time. the article could have been brought back to keep in Portugal. It is also a very accurate way to record the actions. This also helps in current history because we now have an accurate portrayal of what happened during the Seize of Hormuz. This was an important event in history and without this article and other articles like it, there would have been no way to record what occurred on that day, and to preserve the information for future use.