Henry the Navigator

American  

noun

1. Prince, 1394–1460, prince of Portugal.

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Henry the Navigator British  

noun

1. 1394–1460, prince of Portugal, noted for his patronage of Portuguese voyages of exploration of the W coast of Africa

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Henry the Navigator

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

Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal described his “great desire to make increase in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ and to bring him all the souls that should be saved.”

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

With him the history of mediæval geography may be fairly said to end, for within eighty years of his death began the activity of Prince Henry the Navigator, with whom the modern epoch begins.

From The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known by Jacobs, Joseph