Henry the Navigator
Americannoun
noun
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He changed his middle name from Henry to Xolani, which is Zulu for “be peaceful,” after learning the history of Prince Henry the Navigator, a fifteenth-century Portuguese explorer who helped pioneer the African slave trade.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 12, 2019
Portugal, under the leadership of Prince Henry the Navigator, attempted to send ships around the continent of Africa.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
When the Portuguese under Henry the Navigator were rounding Africa, their mapmakers spread Portuguese flags along the coastline as they went, marking locations of slave markets and softening up the continent for eventual colonies.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2014
He was called Henry the Navigator because he sponsored voyages of exploration.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
The dream of Prince Henry the Navigator was fulfilled!
From A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by Synge, M. B. (Margaret Bertha)
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