The Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean in the world. It is located between Asia, Oceania, Africa, and Antarctica. The average depth is second only to the Pacific Ocean.

The name "Indian Ocean" appeared relatively late.

The Roman geographer Pembonius61 Mela in the late 1st century AD was probably the first to use this name.

The official use of the Indian Ocean in modern times was around 1515, when the Central European cartographer Schönerr compiled a map that marked the ocean as the "Indian Ocean of the East", where the word "East" is the opposite of the Atlantic Ocean.

In 1497, the Portuguese navigator Da61 Gamma Eastern Voyage searched for India, and the ocean surface he passed along the way was collectively called the Indian Ocean.

In the world atlas compiled by Ortellius in 1570, the name "Oriental Indian Ocean" was removed from "Oriental Ocean" and simplified to "Indian Ocean".

The name gradually became accepted by the people and became a universal title.

Yesterday night was a moonlit night.

The Hantang Group's fleet is close to the exit of the Strait of Malacca, and the sea conditions are beginning to change as it enters the Indian Ocean.

The Indian Ocean has never been a calm ocean.

In winter, under the influence of Mongolian high pressure, the northeast monsoon blows in the northern part of the Indian Ocean, and the wind direction is consistent with the northeast trade wind. In summer, the direct sun point moves northward, the Mongolian high pressure is replaced by the Indian low pressure, and the southeast trade winds from the subtropical high pressure in the southern Indian Ocean pass through the equatorial sea area with high temperature and humidity, and turn into the southwest monsoon when entering the northern part of the Indian Ocean.

Wind speeds of 12 meters are the norm in the Indian Ocean, which is much wilder than in the Pacific Ocean.

In the middle of the night, Captain Sun Yu on the Hai'an No. 1 couldn't sleep well in bed at all, the ship shook violently, and the sound of "creaking" planks squeezing each other could be heard. It wasn't that he hadn't been to the Indian Ocean in that world, but he was a sailor who followed orders, and now he was responsible for the safety of a ship or a fleet. With great power comes great responsibility. ]

He got up and went to the weather forecaster on duty.

The weather forecaster reported in the dim 15-watt light that the wind was now five or six and the air pressure was normal.

It's good, if there are no signs of danger, Captain Sun Yu walked to the deck, he held on to the side of the boat and admired the sea under the moonlight.

Under the bright moonlight, the color of the sea water really became darker, and higher waves surged in the distance, and white lines could be clearly seen. Wave after wave, wave after wave, they rushed towards Hai'an 1, and kept hitting Hai'an 1's body.

The sea breeze hit his face, and he had a stiff feeling, which was different from the Malacca Kaido.

At this time, the bottom of the Haian 1 ship pressed against the sea surface when it was moving forward, and a layer of waves was pushed outward, and after colliding with the oncoming waves, white water foam was produced, and the sound of the waves crashing against each other was also raised decibels.

Haian No. 1 was in the middle of this, swaying left and right like a tumbler.

"We're in the Indian Ocean, India, we're coming!"

He thought excitedly.

In fact, the old sea wolf was not asleep, he was hiding in the shadows on the deck, holding a large bucket of canned fruit that belonged to his share, and eating merrily with chopsticks.

It's a really good thing, much tastier than fresh fruit.

He wondered that the people of the Hantang Group preferred to eat fresh fruits, but how sweet this can was!

He carefully avoided the stubble of the iron sheet after it was opened, it was too sharp to cut through the skin if he accidentally cut it.

The canned pork is also a good object, after being opened with a knife, it is stewed into the dish, fragrant and fragrant, and I like to eat this bite when I was in Sanya.

Unfortunately, leafy greens can't be preserved for long, and they often eat potatoes and shallots. As for shallots, I haven't seen this thing before.

I often eat canned whale meat, I can't see the meat in it, but when I eat it, I can feel the meat, the whole thing is face-to-face, it's okay at first, but I always eat it after a long time, and I can't stand it.

The old sea wolf took a sip of the juice from the canned fruit, it was so sweet, but his beard was indeed a little in the way, shaved off like they did? This is a problem.

He smiled and looked at the back of Captain Sun Yu holding the side of the boat and looking at the sea, he was very clear in the moonlight, do you want to go over and talk? I don't have to take care of you!

The old sea wolf took another sip of his own sugar water.

At noon the next day, latitude and longitude showed that they had officially entered a northern part of the Indian Ocean that had been busy with commerce.

As early as 1000 BC, the ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians and Indians had been sailing the northern waters of the Indian Ocean.

After the Common Era, the people of the Ming continent and the Arabs began to sail the vast seas of the Indian Ocean.

Arabic and Persian texts from the 9th to 15th centuries extensively describe the routes, winds, currents, coasts, islands, and ports along the route from the port of Sofala in East Africa to the Ming mainland.

Such a voyage was really not a serious matter for the ancients, but the Ming people slowly lost this ability, so that they would be forced back to the mainland in the future, and even everyone would be locked up to death later.

The Hantang Group will not allow such a thing to happen, no matter how great the evil is, it can't be used to hack a nation like this.

This operation can be regarded as a start, whether it is an exploration or an exploration, anyway, this ocean trip can be regarded as an attitude of the Hantang Group.

After measuring the theodolite, Captain Sun Yu happily came to find the old sea wolf, this guy is always hiding from himself now.

He said, "You still can't learn to use a sextant?" ”

"What's the harm if you can't learn? My ancestors had traveled through this ocean for many years, and they had never heard of this object. When I was as old as you, I took a boat to India by myself, and what was the use of bothering to learn that strange thing? ”

The old sea wolf, who had always smiled, showed a look of disdain.

Captain Sun Yu smiled and said, "Haha, come on, I've seen you learn, I guess you can't learn it, so it's useless to scold it!" Hey, don't go, this is in the same boat, where can you hide......"

Middle-aged uncles are often small-faced, and they will be angry at your words, especially if they state the real facts.

But in the end, the old sea wolf always refused to learn with a straight face.

Okay, Captain Sun Yu thought, he is a middle-aged uncle, he may have lost the ability to learn, and he didn't think he could learn any new network and mobile phone technologies at the beginning, but now I'm different, so I don't have the same general knowledge as him.

You'll have to rely on the younger ones.

Interestingly, at this time, not far from the Hai'an No. 1 and No. 2, a group of dolphins seemed to welcome the arrival of the Hantang Group's ocean-going fleet, and they couldn't contain their excitement and cheered on the sea.

It's a rare sight, and dolphins haven't been seen so clearly since this outing.

The dolphins were so close to them that the crew took turns watching them with binoculars and watched excitedly.

There are about 20 dolphins, and they leap out of the sea in groups, show off their beautiful posture in the air, and then get into the water perfectly, like synchronized swimmers, performing all kinds of graceful movements.

The Ming people and maritime merchants shouted: "Xiangrui, Xiangrui!" ”

Captain Sun Yu said in his heart, fart Xiangrui, the dolphins think we have invaded their territory, this is to show off their strength, you think it's quite loving, right?!

Let's go back to a month ago, in India.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, a large number of European immigrants came to India, not for conquest and command, but to escape poverty and persecution, and to leave their homeland with ideals and aspirations.

At that time, European countries, including the United Kingdom, were still in a state of economic backwardness.

The world's most economically powerful countries are concentrated in a few empires in Asia, such as the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the Safavid Dynasty, the Mughal Dynasty in India, and the Ming Dynasty.

This is also the reason why some Europeans who are not wealthy settle in India.

Most of the immigrants are economic refugees, but some are criminals, religious dissidents, etc. Most of them had no choice in such migration, and when they arrived in India, some were slaves, some were servants under contract, or belonged to the lord's property. Almost all of them are serving Indians, and they also need to adapt to the local language and customs.

In the process of integration, the new immigrants gradually became Indians. They ate Indian food, wore Indian clothes, fought in the Indian army, began to practice Indian religion, learned Indian knowledge, made friends with Indians, fell in love with Indians, and had their own offspring.

The new immigrants gradually adapted to life in India.

India is a multicultural country and is home to many religious refugees, such as the rivers and islets in what is now Sundarbans National Park, which provided a safe haven for Bengalis, Burmese and Europeans at the time.

The Deccan plateau was ruled by elites from Turkey and Persia, who also brought with them a large number of foreign merchants, doctors, and soldiers. In addition to arranging Persians and Central Asians as courtiers, India also had mercenaries from Europe, and the Mughals also welcomed Christian artisans, merchants, and priests to their major cities such as Agra, Lahore, Delhi, and Ajmer. These diverse multicultural spaces require immigrants to develop unique physical skills and habits.

In other words, these policies of the Mughal dynasty not only provided conditions for immigration, but also the bodies of new immigrants adapted to the new changes. Settled foreigners changed their habits, ate Indian spices, adapted to the heat of India, and contracted local Indian diseases. Equally important, their bodies have also changed the space to acquire new skills.

On December 31, 1600, King Elizabeth I of England approved the British East India Company to take charge of the Oriental trade. The first ships arrived in India in 1608 and docked at the city of Surat in present-day Gujarat.

Four years later, the English merchants defeated the Portuguese at the Battle of Swarly, thus winning the trust of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir.

In 1615, King James I appointed Thomas Roe as an envoy to the Mughals, and he signed a treaty of commerce with the Mughals, which allowed the East India Company to establish a trading base in India in return for the shipment of goods from Europe.

The company is mainly engaged in the trade of cotton, silk, saltpeter, indigo and tea and other daily necessities.

The British East India Company established its first agency in Surat in 1612, and by the middle of the 17th century, it had established a stronghold or agent in Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras.

A month ago, in a tavern frequented by sailors on the docks in Mumbai, news quietly circulated that there was a fleet from Taiwan, and that their fleet together had only six guns.

The merchant ships in that fleet were filled with innumerable beautiful silks, fine porcelain, unimaginable crystal glass, all sorts of strange and useful things, and the miraculous dyes that did not fade after dyeing, all of which were worth more than gold.

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