Henry of Portugal

American  

noun

1. the Navigator, 1394–1460, prince of Portugal: sponsor of geographic explorations.

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Example Sentences

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)

But to return to Prince Henry of Portugal.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter

Antony Gonzales, a Portuguese mariner, while exploring the coast of Africa, was the first to steal some Moors, and was subsequently forced by Prince Henry of Portugal to carry them back to Africa.

From Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors by Brownlow, William Gannaway

Prince Henry of Portugal then realized that the future of his country, hemmed in as it was in Europe, would largely depend upon the success of her navigators.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

With him the history of mediæval exploration would seem to end, for within eighty years of his death the modern epoch opens with the energies and enthusiasm of Prince Henry of Portugal.

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)