Port of Victoria (Seychelles) industry. One of the largest bridges in Victoria was destroyed in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Victoria proper is composed of parts of three Districts of Seychelles: Greater Victoria encompasses these three, and five more of the 25 Districts of Seychelles as follows: Although it is the capital of the Seychelles, Victoria on Mahe island is not a large city. It was originally settled in 1778 by the French but was eventually named after Queen Victoria. There is an old part of town with narrow streets and dilapidated colonial buildings, and a new part of the city with wider avenues
Ottoman naval expeditions in the Indian Ocean the largely-autonomous Khedivate of Egypt. Ottoman naval expeditions in the Indian Ocean The Ottoman expeditions in the Indian Ocean ( or "", "Indian Ocean campaigns") were a series of Ottoman amphibious operations in the Indian Ocean in the 16th century. There were four expeditions between 1538 and 1554, during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent. After the voyages of Vasco da Gama, a powerful Portuguese Navy took control of the Indian Ocean in the early 16th century. It threatened the coastal cities of the Arabian Peninsula and India. The headquarters of the Portuguese Navy was in Goa, a city on