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Flor do Mar or Flor de la Mar (Flower of the Sea, spelled Frol de la Mar in Portuguese chronicles of the 16th century [ 5]) was a Portuguese nau ( carrack) of 400 tons, which over nine years participated in decisive events in the Indian Ocean until her sinking in November 1511. Nobleman Afonso de Albuquerque was returning from the conquest of ...
João da Nova fought in the Battle of Diu in February 1509, his ship, the Flor de la Mar, being used by the vice-roy Francisco de Almeida as the flagship of the Portuguese battle fleet. In March of that year, Afonso de Albuquerque, by then in Cochin himself, invoked his own secret credentials to relieve Francisco de Almeida as governor of India.
Maritime Museum ( Malay: Muzium Samudera) is a museum about maritime activities in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. [1] It was officially opened to the public by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on 13 June 1994, began with phase one. [2] The phase two of the museum is housed in the old Guthrie building and was opened by State Committee for ...
Cunha soon came across the Flor de la Mar, the ship of João da Nova, who, on the return from India the previous year, had sprung a bad leak and been forced to stop for repairs. The spice cargo was transferred to another ship (unnamed) and placed under the command of Antonio de Saldanha, with instructions to sail it safely back to Lisbon.
Famous Portuguese nau Flor de la Mar (launched in 1501 or 1502), in the 16th-century "Roteiro de Malaca" A replica of Nao Victoria , in 1522 the first ship to circumnavigate the globe and the only Magellan ship to return
Near dawn, Flor de la Mar (the highest Portuguese carrack) caught up and rammed the junk, while firing artilleries which killed 40 of the junk's crew. The junk was so tall that Flor de la Mar's rear castle could barely reach its bridge, [note 6] and the Portuguese did not dare to board it.
Fin de la guerre; Fluyt; Flyboat; English ship Foresight (1570) Flor de la Mar; Full-rigged pinnace; G. Golden Hind; Great Michael; English ship Greyhound (1545) H ...
Peter Pomegranate was a contemporary of the Mary Rose and, commanded by John Clere, took part in the Battle of the Solent on 19 July 1545 when the Mary Rose was lost. [3] Named in full in the roster as "Peter Pomgarnarde", she joined Edward Clinton 's invasion fleet against Scotland in August 1547. [4] According to an inventory of 1547, the ...