Henry of Portugal
Americannoun
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Prince Henry of Portugal was busy with these tasks at the middle of the fifteenth century.
From The Dawn of Canadian History : A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada by Langton, H. H. (Hugh Hornby)
We now turn to the history of the discoveries made, or rather caused to be made, by Prince Henry of Portugal.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter
Beginning then with Prince Henry of Portugal the author presents an array of "Great Adventurers."
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 by Various
The sailors of Prince Henry of Portugal, commander of the Portuguese forces in Africa, had passed Cape Nam and discovered the Cape of Storms, which the prince renamed the Cape of Good Hope.
From National Epics by Rabb, Kate Milner
Indeed Prince Henry of Portugal did so much to encourage voyages of discovery that he was called Henry the Navigator.
From This Country of Ours by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)
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