Sympathy Quotes For Loss Of Mother

2000 years in advance of Henry the Navigator

Let me start with the 'deal of a character unknown seeds in Italy, but a national hero in Portugal.


O Infante Dom Henrique, Duque de Viseu, was a key figure, the so-called "period we discoveries." Fifth son of John I and r (founder of the Aviz Dynasty) and Donna Philippa of Lancaster (daughter of the king of England), naccue in Oporto in 1394. Just twenty
convinced his father to engage in the conquest of Ceuta (European territory on still), the city finally fell in August of 1415, the same year it was dubbed a knight, and Duke of Avis. In 1416 he sent Gonzalo Velho to explore the west coast of Africa and on his return appointed Alfonso Baldaya to try again on another journey along the west coast of Africa. now set up a naval school at Sagres in the Algarve in order to train commanders and crews for the Portuguese maritime exploration companies. The city experienced rapid growth as a technological center of excellence of the time in navigation, cartography, also had a good observation, and a full arsenal. goals that Henry intended to pursue were mainly two: the detection of African lands lying south of the Canary Islands (which had been anticipated by the English conquest) and the search for a route to India (retention time place of enormous wealth) across the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean. His first success was, in 1420 , the discovery of Madeira by John Gonzales Zarco and Tristan Vaz Teyeira. The same year Henry was appointed Grand Master of the 'Order of Christ ( Portuguese succesor of the famous order of Knights Templar) , a position he will throughout his life. The bottom of the 'non-pco order served to finance the oceanic explorations. In 1427, her other emissaries who discovered the Azores, as well as Madeirea, and were soon facilmete (as uninhabited) colonized. Under his reign was the crucial step, by Gil Anes, Cape Bojador, the attainment of Cape Blanc, the discovery of Cape Verde, and that the mouth of the Senegal. At his death in 1460, the Portuguese had already learned about the sea up to 'current Siera Leone. Paradoxically Henry known to history as navigore, sailed in reality very little. In fact, in forty years in which he conducted the Portuguese colonization, planned everything in first person but rarely took part in expeditions, preferring to develop knowledge of routes and areas to be explored through research and studies mapping