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On the other hand in a letter sent by King Dom Manuel to Pope Leão X announcing the conquest of the Melaka, the elephant towers are mentioned and, in a libretto written in Italian, from when the famous obedience embassy to the Pope took place, where an elephant was included as a gift: le legname grossissimo un castello e venti homini armati aum trato in quello. Obviously twenty men is a gross exageration from the King; but Kings can cheat! And so can the Portuguese anonimous painter in this XVI century watercolour, part of the Casanatense codice. . |
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