Henry the Navigator
Henry the Navigator was born in 1394 and died in 1460. He was a prince from Portugal, the third son of King John I of Portugal. He was called Infant Dom Henrique in Portuguese. He was never a navigator himself. He got his name because he organized many ocean voyages on which lands were found. He is seen as the man who started the Age of Discovery.
He opened a navigation school in Portugal, so the technology of tools and ships could be made better. One of these developments was the caravel. His explorers discovered the first shipping routes directly from Europe to Asia for the Portuguese monarchy.
He was an ancestor of Anfrísio Avelino de Morais Sarmento (1877 - 1926), the Literate and landowner, Maria Bárbara Avelino de Araújo Costa (1881 - 1971), Lady of the Strait Farm, Zenaide Castelo Branco Ribeiro (Castelo Branco) (1952 - 2015), Public Servant of the State of Maranhão, Brazil, Raimundo Thomaz de Menezes (1906 - 1962), Visual Artist, Pedro Inácio da Silva (1896 - 1959), Administrator of the Municipal Entity of Teresina (PI), Raimundo Januário da Silva Borges Sampaio (1889 - 1966), Bachelor of Laws, and Lisandro Inácio da Silva, Filho (1896 - 1984), a professor.
The Casa do Infante, in Porto, is traditionally considered Prince Henry's birthplace.
Prince Henry at the 1415 Conquest of Ceuta, considered the beginning of the Portuguese Empire.
Coat of arms of Prince Henry as Duke of Viseu.
Prince Henry ordered construction of the Paços Henriquinos (Henrician Palace) at the Convent of Christ in Tomar, to serve as his residence when he was appointed as Governor of the Order of Christ in 1420.
The Fortress of Sagres, near Cape St. Vincent in the Algarve, is said to have been the seat of the legendary Sagres school.
Map depicting Atlantic winds (green), currents (blue) and approximate Portuguese sailing routes (red) utilizing the Volta do mar technique, perfected under Prince Henry.
Prince Henry is the central figure on the Monument to the Discoveries in Lisbon.
The portrait in the Saint Vincent Panels believed to be true likeness of Prince Henry.
Bust of Henry the Navigator in Batalha, Portugal.
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