Wednesday 8 May 2024

HISTORIC DOCUMENTS OF TRAVELLERS WHO VISITED MOGADISHU FROM AD 1179 TO AD 1524

One of them was:-

Vasco da Gama (1469-1524)

On his return from Calicut (Kozhikode) in 1499, Vasco da Gama landed in Mogadishu and, in his journal wrote, "It is a large fortified city, with four or five-storeyed houses, large palaces and numerous mosques with cylindrical minarets".





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