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Prince Henry "the Navigator" Portuguese infante and patron of the Portuguese exploration Born March 4, 1394(1394-03-04) Oporto, Portugal Died November 13, 1460 (aged 66) Sagres, Algarve, Portugal Portuguese royalty House of Avis John I Children    Infante Duarte (future Edward I)    Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra    Henry the Navigator (Infante Henrique, Duke of Viseu)    Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy    Infante João, Lord of Reguengos    Infante Fernando, the Saint Prince    Afonso, Duke of Braganza (illegitimate)    Beatriz, Countess of Arundel (illegitimate) Grandchildren include    Infanta Isabel of Coimbra, Queen of Portugal Edward Children    Afonso, Prince of Portugal (future Afonso V)    Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu    Infanta Leonor, Holy Roman Empress    Infanta Catarina    Infanta Joana, Queen of Castile Grandchildren include    Infante Manuel, Duke of Beja (future Manuel I)    Infanta Leonor of Viseu, Queen of Portugal Great-Grandchildren include    Jaime, Duke of Braganza, Prince of Portugal Afonso V Children include    João, Prince of Portugal    Blessed Joana, Princess of Portugal    João, Prince of Portugal (future John II) John II    Afonso, Prince of Portugal    Jorge, Duke of Coimbra (illegitimate) The Infante Henrique, Duke of Viseu (Porto, March 4, 1394 – Sagres, November 13, 1460); pron. IPA: [ẽ'ʁik(ɨ)]), was an infante (prince) of the Portuguese House of Aviz and an important figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire, being responsible for the beginning of the European worldwide explorations. He is known in English as Prince Henry the Navigator or the Seafarer (Portuguese: o Navegador). In the Spanish and former Portuguese monarchies, Infante (masc. ... For additional context, see History of Portugal and Portuguese Empire. ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, travels with King Richard II of England to Ireland. ... A modern view of the ancient city of Porto, the city that gave the name to the country. ... is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone. ... The Sagres Point, in the Algarve of southern Portugal, which forms the southwesternmost tip of Europe, was already sacred ground in Neolithic times, as standing menhirs in the neighborhood still attest. ... Algarve NUTS II region, and the district of Faro in Portugal. ... The House of Aviz is a dynasty of kings of Portugal. ... Image File history File links Ordem_Avis. ... Joao I KG (Portugues: João, IPA pron. ... Duarte of Portugal (Edward, in English), the Philosopher or the Eloquent, the 11th king of Portugal, was born in Viseu on October 31, 1391 and he died in Tomar on September 13, 1438. ... Pedro, Duke of Coimbra Pedro, Infante of Portugal, Duke of Coimbra KG (pron. ... Isabella of Portugal (or Isabel in Portuguese, pron. ... John of Portugal (Portuguese: João, pron. ... Fernando of Portugal, the Saint Prince (pron. ... Afonso I, Duke of Braganza (1377-1461; pron. ... Beatriz of Portugal (pron. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Duarte of Portugal (Edward, in English), the Philosopher or the Eloquent, the 11th king of Portugal, was born in Viseu on October 31, 1391 and he died in Tomar on September 13, 1438. ... Afonso V of Portugal, Conqueror of African strongholds Afonso V, King of Portugal KG (Portuguese pron. ... Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu Ferdinand, Prince of Portugal, Duke of Viseu (1433–, Portuguese: Fernando, pron. ... Leonor of Portugal by a disciple of Hans Burgkmair the Elder Eleanor of Portugal (pron. ... Catherine of Portugal may also refer to Catherine of Braganza Catherine of Portugal (1436–1463, Portuguese: Catarina, pron. ... For the Portuguese princess, daughter of Afonso V of Portugal, and commonly known as Princess Saint Joan see: Joan of Portugal (nun) Infanta Joana of Portugal (1439–1475; pron. ... Manuel I of Portugal (pron. ... 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Oporto redirects here. ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, travels with King Richard II of England to Ireland. ... is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone. ... Look up pronunciation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In the Spanish and former Portuguese monarchies, Infante (masc. ... The term prince, from the Latin root princeps, is used for a member of the highest ranks of the aristocracy or the nobility. ... The House of Aviz is a dynasty of kings of Portugal. ... An anachronous map of the Portuguese Empire (1415-1999). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Prince Henry the Navigator was the third child of King John I of Portugal, the founder of the Aviz dynasty, and of Philippa of Lancaster, the daughter of John of Gaunt. Henry encouraged his father to conquer Ceuta (1415), the Muslim port on the North African coast across the Straits of Gibraltar from the Iberian peninsula, with profound consequences on Henry's worldview: Henry became aware of the profit possibilities in the Saharan trade routes that terminated there and became fascinated with Africa in general; he was most intrigued by the Christian legend of Prester John and the expansion of Portuguese trade. Joao I KG (Portugues: João, IPA pron. ... The House of Aviz is a dynasty of kings of Portugal. ... Philippa of Lancaster (1359 - July 19, 1415) was an English princess, daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster by his wife and cousin Blanche of Lancaster. ... John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (June 24, 1340 - February 3, 1399), the third surviving son of King Edward III of England, gained his name because he was born at Ghent in 1340. ... Capital Ceuta City Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked  28 km²   Population  â€“ Total (2006)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked  75,861    2,709. ... Events Friedrich I Hohenzollern (b. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ...  Northern Africa (UN subregion)  geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa. ... The Strait of Gibraltar as seen from space. ... The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, and includes modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar. ... For other uses, see Sahara (disambiguation). ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... Preste enthroned on a map of East Africa in an atlas prepared for Queen Mary, 1558. ... It is a common conception that Henry gathered at his Vila on the Sagres peninsula a school of navigators and map-makers. He did employ some cartographers to help him chart the coast of Mauritania in the wake of voyages he sent there, but for the rest there was no center of navigational science or any supposed observatory in the modern sense of the word, nor was there an organized navigational center. In “Crónica da Guiné” Henry is described as a person with no luxuries, not avaricious, speaking with soft words and calm gestures, a man of many virtues that never allowed any poor person leave his presence empty handed. The Sagres Point, in the Algarve of southern Portugal, which forms the southwesternmost tip of Europe, was already sacred ground in Neolithic times, as standing menhirs in the neighborhood still attest. ... A navigator is the person onboard a ship responsible for the navigation of the vessel. ... Cartography or mapmaking (in Greek chartis = map and graphein = write) is the study and practice of making maps or globes. ... This article is about scientific observatories. ... Contents 1 Early life 2 Resources and income 3 Vila do Infante, patron of Portuguese exploration 4 Early results of Henry's explorers 5 Bibliography 6 Fiction 7 See also Early life Henry was the third son born to Philippa of Lancaster, the sister of King Henry IV of England. Henry was 21 when he, his father and brothers conquered the Moorish port of Ceuta in northern Morocco, that had been for a long time the base for Barbary pirates that assaulted the Portuguese coast, depopulating villages by capturing their inhabitants to be sold in the African slave market. This attack was successful, as it inspired Henry to explore down the coast of Africa, most of which was unknown to Europeans. The desire to locate the source of the West African gold trade, find the legendary Christian kingdom of Prester John, and stop the pirate attacks on the Portuguese coast were three of his main interests in the region. The ships that sailed the Mediterranean at that time were too slow and too heavy to make these voyages. Under his direction, a new and much lighter ship was developed, the caravel, which would allow sea captains to sail further, faster and much more efficiently. In 1419, his father appointed him the governor of the province of Algarve. Philippa of Lancaster (1359 - July 19, 1415) was an English princess, daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster by his wife and cousin Blanche of Lancaster. ... Henry IV (3 April 1367 – 20 March 1413) was the King of England and France and Lord of Ireland from 1399 to 1413. ... For the terrain type see Moor Moors is used in this article to describe the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus and the Maghreb, whose culture is often called Moorish. For other meanings look at Moors (Meaning) or Blackamoors. ... Capital Ceuta City Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked  28 km²   Population  â€“ Total (2006)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked  75,861    2,709. ... The Moorish ambassador of the Barbary States to the Court of Queen Elizabeth I of England. ... The slave trade in Africa has existed for thousands of years. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... The European peoples are the various nations and ethnic groups of Europe. ...  Western Africa (UN subregion)  Maghreb[1] West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. ... Preste enthroned on a map of East Africa in an atlas prepared for Queen Mary, 1558. ... Caravela Latina / Latin Caravel Caravela Redonda / Square-rigged Caravel A caravel is a small, highly maneuverable, two or three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for long voyages of exploration beginning in the 15th century. ... Algarve NUTS II region, and the district of Faro in Portugal. ... Resources and income On May 25, 1420, Henry gained appointment as the governor of the very rich Order of Christ, the Portuguese successor to the Knights Templar, which had its headquarters at Tomar. Henry would hold this position for the remainder of his life, and the order was an important source of funds for Henry's ambitious plans, especially his persistent attempts to conquer the Canary Islands, that the Portuguese claimed having discovered before the year 1346. is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events May 21 - Treaty of Troyes. ... The Seal of the Grand-Masters Evrard de Barres and Regnaud de Vichier depict the Dome of the ROCK. The Order of Christ was the heritage of the Templar Knights. ... For other uses, see Knights Templar (disambiguation). ... District or region Santarém Mayor   - Party António Paiva PSD Area 351. ... Anthem: Arrorró Capital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 13th  7,447 km²  1. ... Henry also had other resources. When John I died, Henry's eldest brother, Duarte became head of the castles council, and granted Henry a "Royal Flush" of all profits from trading within the areas he discovered as well as the sole right to authorize expeditions beyond Cape Bojador. He also held various valuable monopolies on resources in the Algarve. When Duarte died eight years later, Henry supported his brother Pedro for the regency during Afonso V of Portugal's minority, and in return received a confirmation of this levy. Henry also promoted the colonization of the Azores during Pedro's regency (1439–1448). João I, king of Portugal (in English, John I) (the Good or sometimes, the Great), was born at Lisbon in April 11, 1357 and died in the same city in August 14, 1433. ... Duarte of Portugal (Edward, in English), the Philosopher or the Eloquent, the 11th king of Portugal, was born in Viseu on October 31, 1391 and he died in Tomar on September 13, 1438. ... Cape Bojador is a headland on the northern coast of Moroccos Western Sahara province, just below latitude 27° North. ... Pedro, Prince of Portugal, Duke of Coimbra (English: Peter) - (1392-May 20, 1449) was a Portuguese prince of the House of Aviz, son of King John I of Portugal and his wife Philippa of Lancaster. ... Afonso V of Portugal, Conqueror of African strongholds Afonso V, King of Portugal KG (Portuguese pron. ... Motto (Portuguese for Rather die free than in peace subjugated) Anthem  (national)  (local) Capital Ponta Delgada1 Angra do Heroísmo2 Horta3 Largest city Ponta Delgada Official languages Portuguese Government Autonomous region  -  President Carlos César Establishment  -  Settled 1439   -  Autonomy 1976  Area  -  Total 2,333 km² (n/a) 911 sq mi... Vila do Infante, patron of Portuguese exploration According to João de Barros, in Algarve he repopulated a village that he called Terçanabal (maybe from *dársen'Anibal). This village was situated in a strategic position for his maritime enterprises and was later called Vila do Infante. João de Barros (pron. ... From his Vila do Infante, or Town of the Prince, on the Sagres peninsula, Henry sponsored voyages down the coast of Mauretania that were primarily exploration expeditions, later on bringing back to the nearby town of Loola, from whence they set out, numerous African slaves and goods. The first contacts with the African slave market were made by expeditions to ransom Portuguese subjects enslaved by pirate attacks on Portuguese ships or villages. Henry justified this on the grounds that he was converting these captives to Christianity. As Sir Peter Russell remarks in his biography, "In Henryspeak, conversion and enslavement were interchangeable terms." The view that Henry's court rapidly grew into the technological base for exploration, with a naval arsenal and an observatory, etc., is believed by some historians, though not actually proven.[citation needed] Henry did possess geographical curiosity, though, and therefore employed cartographers. Jehuda Cresques, a noted cartographer, received an invitation to come to Sagres and probably make maps for Henry, a position he accepted. Henry was somewhat interested in profits from his voyages. From the first Africans that were brought to Lagos for sale in 1444 (see his contemporary biography by Zurara), he received from the merchants the value corresponding to the fifth part (o quinto) as the expedition had been sponsored by the shipowners. Bold text:For the modern country, see Mauritania. ... Jehuda Cresques (1350?-1427?), also known as Jafudà Cresques, Jaume Riba, and Cresques lo Jeheu (Cresques the Jew) was a Catalan cartographer, and probably the man who coordinated the discoveries of the Portuguese naval school at Sagres in the early 15th century. ... Cartography is the study of map making and cartographers are map makers. ... The nearby port of Lagos provided a convenient harbor from which these expeditions left. The voyages were made in very small ships, mostly the caravel, a light and maneuverable vessel that used the lateen sail of the Arabs. Most of the voyages sent out by Henry consisted of one or two ships that navigated by following the coast, stopping at night to tie up along some shore. Location    - Country Portugal    - Region Algarve  - Subregion Algarve  - District or A.R. Faro Mayor Júlio Barroso  - Party PS Area 212. ... Caravela Latina / Latin Caravel Caravela Redonda / Square-rigged Caravel A caravel is a small, highly maneuverable, two or three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for long voyages of exploration beginning in the 15th century. ... A lateen (from Latin) is a triangular sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle on the mast, and running in a fore-and-aft direction. ... Languages Arabic other minority languages Religions Predominantly Sunni Islam, as well as Shia Islam, Greek Orthodoxy, Greek Catholicism, Roman Catholicism, Alawite Islam, Druzism, Ibadi Islam, and Judaism Footnotes a Mainly in Antakya. ... Early results of Henry's explorers Panel of glazed tiles by Jorge Colaço (1922) representing Henry the Navigator at the Promontory of Sagres. Lisboa, Pavilhão Carlos Lopes. Until Henry's time, Cape Bojador remained the most southerly point known to Europeans on the unpromising desert coast of Africa, although the Periplus of the Carthaginian Hanno the Navigator described a journey further south about 2,000 years earlier. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 689 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2867 × 2496 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 689 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2867 × 2496 pixel, file size: 3. ... Cape Bojador is a headland on the northern coast of Moroccos Western Sahara province, just below latitude 27° North. ... A periplus in the ancient navigation of Phoenicians, Greeks, and Romans is a manuscript document that lists in order the ports and coastal landmarks, with approximate distances between, that the captain of a vessel could expect to find along a shore. ... Route of Hanno the Navigator Hanno the Navigator was a Carthaginian explorer who flourished c. ... As a second fruit of this work João Gonçalves Zarco, Bartolomeu Perestrelo and Tristão Vaz Teixeira rediscovered the Madeira Islands in 1420, and at Henry's instigation Portuguese settlers colonized the islands. João Gonçalves Zarco João Gonçalves Zarco (c. ... Bartolomeu Perestrelo (c. ... Tristão Vaz Teixeiras Coat of Arms Tristão Vaz Teixeira (c. ... Location Motto of the autonomous region: Das ilhas, as mais belas e livres (Portuguese: Of the islands, the most beautiful and free) Official language Portuguese Capital Funchal Other towns Porto Santo, Machico, Santa Cruz, Câmara de Lobos, Santana, Ribeira Brava, Caniço Area 797 km² Population  - Total (1991)  - Density... In 1427, one of Henry's navigators, probably Gonçalo Velho, discovered the Azores. Portugal soon colonized these islands in 1430. Gonçalo Velho Cabral, was a 15th century Portuguese explorer and settler of the Atlantic, discoverer of the Azores islands. ... Motto (Portuguese for Rather die free than in peace subjugated) Anthem  (national)  (local) Capital Ponta Delgada1 Angra do Heroísmo2 Horta3 Largest city Ponta Delgada Official languages Portuguese Government Autonomous region  -  President Carlos César Establishment  -  Settled 1439   -  Autonomy 1976  Area  -  Total 2,333 km² (n/a) 911 sq mi... Gil Eanes, the commander of one of Henry's expeditions, became the first European known to pass Cape Bojador in 1434. This was a breakthrough as it was considered close to the end of the world, with difficult currents that did not encourage commercial enterprise. Gil Eanes (Eannes), pron. ... Henry also continued his involvement in events closer to home. In 1431 he donated houses for the Estudo Geral to reunite all the sciences — grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, music and astronomy — into what would later become the University of Lisbon. For other subjects like medicine or philosophy, he ordered that each room should be decorated according to each subject that was being taught. The University of Lisbon (Universidade de Lisboa) is a leading public university in Lisbon, Portugal, and is composed by eight faculties. ... He functioned as a primary organizer of the Portuguese expedition to Tangier in 1437. This proved a disastrous failure; Henry's younger brother Fernando was given as a hostage to guarantee that the Portuguese would fulfill the terms of the peace agreement that had been made with Çala Ben Çala. The agreement was first broken by the Moors, who attacked the Portuguese and captured the Portuguese wounded when they were being carried to the ships, killing those who tried to resist. The Archbishop of Braga and the count of Arraiolos refused to approve the terms in the reunion of the Portuguese Cortes, thus condemning Fernando to remain in miserable captivity until his death eleven years later. Henry for most of his last twenty-three years concentrated on his exploration activities, or on Portuguese court politics. For other uses, see Tangier (disambiguation). ... Fernando of Portugal, the Saint Prince (pron. ... Location    - Country Portugal    - Region Norte  - Subregion Cávado  - District or A.R. Braga Mayor Mesquita Machado  - Party PS Area 183. ... Location    - Country Portugal    - Region Alentejo  - Subregion Alentejo Central  - District or A.R. Évora Mayor Jerónimo Loios  - Party CDU Area 683. ... Using the new ship type, the expeditions then pushed onwards. Nuno Tristão and Antão Gonçalves reached Cape Blanco in 1441. The Portuguese sighted the Bay of Arguin in 1443 and built an important fort there around the year 1448. Dinis Dias soon came across the Senegal River and rounded the peninsula of Cap-Vert in 1444. By this stage the explorers had passed the southern boundary of the desert, and from then on Henry had one of his wishes fulfilled: the Portuguese had circumvented the Muslim land-based trade routes across the western Sahara Desert, and slaves and gold began arriving in Portugal. By 1452, the influx of gold permitted the minting of Portugal's first gold cruzado coins. A cruzado was equal to 400 reis at the time. From 1444 to 1446, as many as forty vessels sailed from Lagos on Henry's behalf, and the first private mercantile expeditions began. Nuno Tristão was a 15th century Portuguese explorer and slave trader who was the first European to land in what is today Guinea-Bissau. ... Antão Gonçalves was a 15th century Portuguese explorer and slave trader who was the first European to take Africans as slaves. ... A street in Nouadhibou Nouadhibou (Arabic: نواذيبو; formerly Port-Étienne; pop. ... Map of the bay showing the Banc dArguin National Park The Bay of Arguin, or Banc dArguin, is a bay on the Atlantic shore of Mauritania. ... Italic textbitch ... The Senegal River, in West Africa, forms the border between Senegal and Mauritania. ... The peninsula of Cap-Vert (Cape Verde, meaning green point) is the westernmost part of the continent of Africa. ... The Sahara is the worlds second largest desert (second to Antarctica), over 9,000,000 km² (3,500,000 mi²), located in northern Africa and is 2. ... The Cruzado was the monetary unit of Brazil from 1986 to 1990. ... For other uses, see Lagos (disambiguation). ... Mercantilism is the economic theory that a nations prosperity depended upon its supply of gold and silver, that the total volume of trade is unchangeable. ... Alvise Cadamosto explored the Atlantic coast of Africa and discovered several islands of the Cape Verde archipelago between 1455 and 1456. In his first voyage, which started on March 22 1455, he visited the Madeira Islands and the Canary Islands. On the second voyage, in 1456, Cadamosto became the first European to reach the Cape Verde Islands. António Noli later claimed the credit. By 1462, the Portuguese had explored the coast of Africa as far as present-day nation Sierra Leone. Twenty-eight years later, Bartolomeu Dias (can be spelt Diaz) proved that Africa could be circumnavigated when he reached the southern tip of the continent. This is now known as the "Cape of Good Hope." In 1498, Vasco da Gama was the first sailor to travel from Portugal to India. Alvise Cadamosto (Ca da Mosto) (Venice, 1432 - Venice, July 18, 1488) Venetian see captain and explorer, hired by the Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator. ... António Noli (1415-1497 or possibly 1419-1491[1]) was a 15th century explorer. ... Statue of Dias in Cape Town, South Africa Bartolomeu Dias, sometimes Bartolomeu Dias de Novais (pron. ... For other uses, see Vasco da Gama (disambiguation). ... Bibliography Beazley, C. Raymond (1894). Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D.: With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. London: G. P. Putnam's Sons.  Boxer, Charles (1991). The Portuguese Seaborne Empire, 1415–1825. Carcanet Press. ISBN 978-0856359620.  Major, Richard Henry [1868]. The life of Prince Henry of Portugal, surnamed the Navigator: and its results. London: Asher & Co.. OCLC 64421592.  Martins, J. P. Oliveira (1914). The golden age of Prince Henry the Navigator. London: Chapman and Hall.  Russell, Peter E. (2000). Prince Henry "the Navigator": a life. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300082339. OCLC 42708239.  The Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) was founded in 1967 and originally named the Ohio College Library Center. ... The Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) was founded in 1967 and originally named the Ohio College Library Center. ... Fiction Arkan Simaan, L'Écuyer d'Henri le Navigateur, Éditions l'Harmattan, Paris. Historical novel based on Zurara's chronicles, written in French. ISBN : 978-2-296-03687-1 Mentioned in the prologue of the SNES game, Uncharted Waters. Appears as the Portuguese Leader in the Age of Empires 3 Videogame Arkan Simaan is a French historian of science and a novel writer. ... Gomes Eannes de Azurara, Portuguese: , (c. ... The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, also known as Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, and Australia. ... Uncharted Waters (Japanese: 大航海時代, Daikoukai Jidai, literally Great Navigation Era) is a popular Japanese video game series produced by Koei as part of its rekoeition games. ... Age of Empires III (AoE III) is the sequel to Age of Empires II and the fifth title of the history-based real-time strategy Age of Empires series of computer games. ... See also Diogo Gomes Alvise Cadamosto Gomes Eannes de Azurara Prince Henry the Navigator Park Prince Henry the Navigator statue Lagos Portugal Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Henry the Navigator Persondata NAME Henry the Navigator ALTERNATIVE NAMES Infante Henrique, Duke of Viseu; Prince Henry the Navigator; Prince Henry the Seafarer; Infante D. Henrique; Infante Henrique of Portugal; Prince Henry of Portugal SHORT DESCRIPTION Portuguese prince patron of voyages of exploration DATE OF BIRTH 4 March 1394 PLACE OF BIRTH Porto DATE OF DEATH 13 November 1460 PLACE OF DEATH Sagres Categories: Portuguese explorers | Portuguese princes | Dukes of Viseu | House of Aviz | Knights of the Garter | 1394 births | 1460 deaths | People from Porto Hidden categories: Semi-protected | All articles with unsourced statements | Articles with unsourced statements since February 2007 Diogo Gomes (fl. ... Alvise Cadamosto (Ca da Mosto) (Venice, 1432 - Venice, July 18, 1488) Venetian see captain and explorer, hired by the Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator. ... Gomes Eannes de Azurara (c. ... Prince Henry the Navigator Park It was a gift to the city from the Prince Henry Society of New Bedford and the Portuguese government. ... Image File history File links Commons-logo. ...

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	Henry the Navigator - MSN Encarta (161 words) Henry the Navigator (1394-1460), prince of Portugal, noted as the patron of navigation and exploration, born in Oporto. Henry participated in the capture of Ceuta in North Africa from the Moors in 1415. Henry's navigators reached Madeira in 1420, sailed around Cape Bojador in 1434, sailed to Cape Blanc in 1441, rounded Cap Vert in 1445, and reached the mouth of the Gambia River in present-day Gambia about 1446.
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