The Portuguese Age of Exploration
In the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal sent its ships further into the unknown than any European nation before, charting the coasts of Africa, reaching India by sea, and opening the age of global commerce.
Prince Henry the NavigatorPortugal's age of exploration began under the patronage of Prince Henry, the third son of King John I, who established a court of geographers, cartographers, and navigators at Sagres on Portugal's southwestern tip. From the 1420s onward, Henry funded expeditions down the co...
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