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The position of the city of Hormuz
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BRAUN AND HOGENBERG
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The position of the city of Hormuz
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The position of the city of Hormuz in Persian Golf, set on the strait at the bottom of the Persian Gulf, was no less strategic in the days of Indian Ocean sailing, when it controlled traffic between Gulf ports and the East, than it is today. BRAUN AND HOGENBERG, CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM, 1572 (2)
Date 1572 (2)
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CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM

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