Henry of Portugal
Americannoun
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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)
The bold deeds of Henry of Portugal drew many seamen to this city.
From History Plays for the Grammar Grades by Lyng, Mary Ella
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)
This was the view of Henry of Portugal, a scientific and ingenious prince, whose life covered the first sixty years of the Fifteenth Century.
From The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 by Hawthorne, Julian
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
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