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Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal

ENRICO DI NAVIGATORE, INFANTE DI PORTOGALLO

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Also known as: Prince Henry the Navigator; Spanish: Enrique el Navegante; French: Henri le Navigateur; Portuguese: Henrique o Navegador, Infante de Portugal, Infante Dom Henrique

HENRY THE NAVIGATOR, Infante of Portugal. - B. at Oporto on 24 March 1394, d. at Sagres on 13 Nov. 1460.

Grand Master of the Military Order of Christ, he is among the principal instigators of the geographical explorations of the 15th century, in which the commercial and political motive was joined by the ethical-religious one of Christianization. He established, among other things, a nautical school. Through his impetus, in 1435 the African coast was explored as far as Rio de Oro; in 1441 Cape Blanc was reached; in 1445 Cape Verde. The conquest of Tangier, which he desired, failed.

Bibliography

BIBL.: J. N. L. Baker, Histoire des découvertes géographiques et des explorations, French trans., Paris 1940, p. 57 ff. and the bibliography cited there.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), coll. 391–392.

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Chicago

“Enrico di Navigatore, infante di portogallo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, coll. 391–392. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/enrico-di-navigatore-infante-di-portogallo.

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“Enrico di Navigatore, infante di portogallo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 391–392. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/enrico-di-navigatore-infante-di-portogallo.

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  author    = {Redazione},
  title     = {Enrico di Navigatore, infante di portogallo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {391--392},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/enrico-di-navigatore-infante-di-portogallo}
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