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English: Model of a taforeia, a medieval Portuguese ship, in the Museu de Marinha (Navy Museum) in Lisbon, Portugal. Reference : MO-IV-20. Scale : approximately 1/30e. Taforeias were used as transport vessels (to transport horses) and aslo as fighting vessels, during the reign of the king John II in the 15th century. Taforeias were also used during the 16th century in the fleets of the far East, with a different rigging. During this period they were notably used by Alonso de Albuquerque for transporting horses from Persia to India, and he used two of them in his fleet during his conquest of Ormuz in 1514.
Français : Maquette d'un taforeia, un navire portugais médiéval, au Museu de Marinha (Musée de la marine) de Lisbonne, au Portugal. Référence : MO-IV-20. Échelle : environ 1/30e. Les taforeias étaient utilisés comme navires de transport (pour transporter des chevaux) et aussi comme navires de combat, pendant le règne du roi Jean II (João II) au XVe siècle. Les taforeias ont également été utilisés au XVIe siècle dans les flottes de l'Est lointain, avec des cordages différents. Pendant cette période, ils furent notamment utilisés par Alonso de Albuquerque pour transporter des chevaux depuis la Perse jusqu'en Inde, et il en inclut deux dans sa flotte pour conquérir Ormuz en 1514.
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