Portuguese Sea Chest

This sea chest was acquired in Muscat, Oman and is typical of the style of sea chest carried by the Portuguese in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The Portuguese conquered Oman in 1507 to protect their trade routes to India. They controlled the coastline and maintained a powerful presence in the Gulf of Oman until the imam Sultan bin Saif recaptured the area in 1650.

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