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Henry the Navigator

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Also known as: Henrique o Navegador, Henrique, infante de Portugal, duque de Viseu, senhor da Covilhã
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Portuguese:
Henrique o Navegador
Byname of:
Henrique, infante (prince) de Portugal, duque (duke) de Viseu, senhor (lord) da Covilhã
Born:
March 4, 1394, Porto, Portugal
Died:
November 13, 1460, Vila do Infante, near Sagres (aged 66)
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Henry the Navigator (born March 4, 1394, Porto, Portugal—died November 13, 1460, Vila do Infante, near Sagres) was a Portuguese prince noted for his patronage of voyages of discovery among the Madeira Islands and along the western coast of Africa. The epithet Navigator, applied to him by the English (though seldom by Portuguese writers), is a misnomer, as he himself never embarked on any exploratory voyages. Henry was the third son of King John I and Philippa of Lancaster, the daughter of John of Gaunt of England. Henry and his older brothers, the princes Duarte (Edward) and Pedro, were educated ...(100 of 1684 words)

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