Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 189: TOME III. PART II. CHAP V.
History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India (Briggs) 189
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1600. Ayres de Soldana viceroy. Six homeward-bound vessels despatched from Goa. They reach St Helena. One of the fleet encounters two heavy Dutch vessels at anchor. An action ensues, which is not ended, when the other five sail of vessels appear in sight. The Dutch quit St Helena, and make sail. A Portuguese galleon taken at St. Helena by a Dutch fleet of three ships carrying thirty guns each.