It highlights key figures such as Prince Henry the Navigator, who advanced maritime technology and navigation, and Christopher Columbus, who sought a westward route to India and instead discovered ...

Prince Henry of Portugal (1394-1460), called ""the Navigator,"" is widely known as a precursor of Columbus, a man who helped set the European world on its great global adventure, and a paragon of ...

This monument was erected in honour of Prince Henry the Navigator as a memorial to mark 500 years since his death in 1460. The Vice Premier of Portugal unveiled it in October 1960, exactly 50 ...

FALL RIVER – Students of Portuguese descent from Fall River area schools may now apply for the annual Fall River Chapter of the Prince Henry Society scholarships. Last year, the Society was able ...

THE Royal Geographical Society held a special meeting on March 5, to celebrate the five-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Prince Henry the Navigator, the real initiator of modern maritime ...

A.D. 130).” Prince Henry the Navigator. By C. Raymond Beazley (Heroes of the Nations Series.) (Putnam's Sons).