1. Prince Henry
The Navigator

2. Biograhpical Details

3. Biograhpical Details

4. Biograhpical Details
Full Name: Henrique, infante de Portugal, duque de Viseu

5. Biograhpical Details
Full Name: Henrique, infante de Portugal, duque de Viseu
3rd child of King John I of Portugal

6. Biograhpical Details
Full Name: Henrique, infante de Portugal, duque de Viseu
3rd child of King John I of Portugal
b. 1394

7. Biograhpical Details
Full Name: Henrique, infante de Portugal, duque de Viseu
3rd child of King John I of Portugal
b. 1394
d. 1460

8. Beginnings of Exploration

9. Beginnings of Exploration
When he was 21, he and his father and brothers captured Ceuta in northern Morocco, a Moorish port.

10. Beginnings of Exploration
When he was 21, he and his father and brothers captured Ceuta in northern Morocco, a Moorish port. Ceuta was a base for Barbary pirates who raided the Portuguese coast and sold their inhabitants in the African slave market.

11. Beginnings of Exploration
When he was 21, he and his father and brothers captured Ceuta in northern Morocco, a Moorish port. Ceuta was a base for Barbary pirates who raided the Portuguese coast and sold their inhabitants in the African slave market. Henry was one of the first Europeans to explore the coast of Africa to find the source of the West African gold trade and to stop the pirate attacks on the Portuguese coast.

12. Marco polo’s influence

13. Marco polo’s influence
In 1428, Henry’s brother Pedro brought home to Portugal a copy of the adventures of Marco Polo that he had translated for Prince Henry.

14. Cape bojador and the sea of darkness

15. Cape bojador and the sea of darkness
Cape Bojador was called the Cape of Fear

16. Cape bojador and the sea of darkness
Cape Bojador was called the Cape of Fear

17. Cape bojador and the sea of darkness
Cape Bojador was called the Cape of Fear
Medieval sailors thought the world ended there

18. Cape bojador and the sea of darkness
Cape Bojador was called the Cape of Fear
Medieval sailors thought the world ended there
They thought the sea swallowed entire ships

19. Cape bojador and the sea of darkness
Cape Bojador was called the Cape of Fear
Medieval sailors thought the world ended there
They thought the sea swallowed entire ships
They also thought there were sea monsters there

20. Cape bojador and the sea of darkness
Cape Bojador was called the Cape of Fear
Medieval sailors thought the world ended there
They thought the sea swallowed entire ships
They also thought there were sea monsters there

21. Cape bojador and the sea of darkness
Cape Bojador was called the Cape of Fear
Medieval sailors thought the world ended there
They thought the sea swallowed entire ships
They also thought there were sea monsters there

22. Cape bojador and the sea of darkness
Cape Bojador was called the Cape of Fear
Medieval sailors thought the world ended there
They thought the sea swallowed entire ships
They also thought there were sea monsters
Gil Eanes conquered the cape in 1434 after 15 tries

23. Cape bojador and the sea of darkness
Cape Bojador was called the Cape of Fear
Medieval sailors thought the world ended there
They thought the sea swallowed entire ships
They also thought there were sea monsters
Gil Eanes conquered the cape in 1434 after 15 tries
The cape is still treacherous, with depths of around 2m

24. Inauguration of the Age of discovery

25. Inauguration of the Age of discovery
Prince Henry the Navigator was the first European to explore the coast of Africa.

26. Inauguration of the Age of discovery
Prince Henry the Navigator was the first European to explore the coast of Africa.
A legend grew that at Sagres, Prince Henry founded a navigational school (later historians reject the idea that he founded a formal navigational school).

27. Inauguration of the Age of discovery
Prince Henry the Navigator was the first European to explore the coast of Africa.
A legend grew that at Sagres, Prince Henry founded a navigational school (later historians reject the idea that he founded a formal navigational school).
Henry hired the best cartographers and navigators and supported early Portuguese explorers in their quest to expand their knowledge of African coasts and oceanic wind patterns and to acquire wealth.

28. Inauguration of the Age of discovery
Prince Henry the Navigator was the first European to explore the coast of Africa.
A legend grew that at Sagres, Prince Henry founded a navigational school (later historians reject the idea that he founded a formal navigational school).
Henry hired the best cartographers and navigators and supported early Portuguese explorers in their quest to expand their knowledge of African coasts and oceanic wind patterns and to acquire wealth.
The mapping of the oceanic wind patterns was a great achievement that was essential to the Age of Discovery.

31. Achievements of prince henry the navigator

32. Achievements of prince henry the navigator
Tomb of Prince Henry the Navigator
Monastery of Batalha in Batalha, Portugal

33. Achievements of prince henry the navigator
He was the first European to map the west coast of Africa.
Tomb of Prince Henry the Navigator
Monastery of Batalha in Batalha, Portugal

34. Achievements of prince henry the navigator
He was the first European to map the west coast of Africa.
In ca. 1418, he set up an astronomical observatory where he gathered the best cartographers and voyagers.
Tomb of Prince Henry the Navigator
Monastery of Batalha in Batalha, Portugal

35. Achievements of prince henry the navigator
He was the first European to map the west coast of Africa.
In ca. 1418, he set up an astronomical observatory where he gathered the best cartographers and voyagers.
Gil Eanes voyaged past the Sea of Darkness beyond Cape Bojador in 1434.
Tomb of Prince Henry the Navigator
Monastery of Batalha in Batalha, Portugal

36. Achievements of prince henry the navigator
He was the first European to map the west coast of Africa.
In ca. 1418, he set up an astronomical observatory where he gathered the best cartographers and voyagers.
Gil Eanes voyaged past the Sea of Darkness beyond Cape Bojador in 1434.
Henry started the Age of Exploration by inspiring other explorers.
Tomb of Prince Henry the Navigator
Monastery of Batalha in Batalha, Portugal

37. sources
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38. Paintings, Photos, and Maps (in order of appearance)
“D. Henrique Infante de Portugal,” Histoire de la Conquete de La Floride: ou Relation de Ce Qui S’est Passé Dans La D’ecouverte de Païs Par Ferdinand de Soto; Composee en Espagnol Par L’Inca Garcillasso de la Vega & Traduite en François Par Sr. Pierre Richelet From The Library at The Mariners’ Museum. Retrieved on August 20, 2017 from “Prince Henry the Navigator,” MarinersMuseum.org: Gonçalves, Nuno. “Panel of the Prince.” Public domain. Salvati. “Mosaic of Marco Polo, Municipal Place of Genoa: Palazzo Grimaldi Doria-Tursi.” Public domain. Edited by an unknown person. Retrieved on August 20, 2017 from CádizDirecto.com: “Europe, 1730 (Charles Colbeck, The Public Schools Historical Atlas, 1905).” Retrieved on August 20, 2017 from EdMaps.com: TUBS. “Ceuta in Spain.” Retrieved August 20, 2017 from Wikimedia.org: “Spanish Provinces Ceuta & Melilia Get Ready for Possible Arrival of Ebola,” Outrageous Minds. August 4, Retrieved on August 20, 2017 from OutrageousMinds.Wordpress.com: Image of Cape of Bojador from “Prince Henry the Navigator,” The Robinson Library. Retrieved on August 20, 2017 from RobinsonLibrary.com: Retrieved on August 20, 2017: Retrieved on August 20, 2017: dpress.com%2Ftag%2Fcape- bojador%2F&docid=V9S_Zi__TfmLtM&tbnid=Ng92Q4OW2T4b5M%3A&vet=10ahUKEwiQhpyS6ObVAhWB3SYKHSw8BZYQMwhaKCswKw..i&w=565&h=359&bih=949&biw=958&q=ca pe%20of%20bojador&ved=0ahUKEwiQhpyS6ObVAhWB3SYKHSw8BZYQMwhaKCswKw&iact=mrc&uact=8 Gaspar, Joaquim Alves. “Monument to the Portuguese maritime discoveries (detail), Lisbon.” Retrieved on August 20, 2017 from Wikimedia.org: “Portuguese Explorations Around Africa, A.D ” Retrieved August 20, 2017 from MrFamHistory.Weebly.com: Retrieved August 20, 2017 from MrGrayHistory.Wikispaces.com: syvwich. “Gothic tomb of Henry the Navigator in the Batalha Monastery, Portugal.” Flickr. May 9, Retrieved August 20, 2017 from Flickr.com: