Why did the Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator get his nickname? Detailed answer

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Why did the Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator get his nickname?

Henry the Navigator (1394-1460), the fourth son of the Portuguese king João I, became famous as the organizer of sea expeditions to the islands of the central Atlantic Ocean and the western shores of Africa, for which he received his nickname from grateful descendants in the XNUMXth century, although he himself did not swim.

Prince Henry made it his life's goal to survey the coast of Africa in order to open routes for penetration into Asia, bypassing the Arab trade routes. He founded an observatory and a nautical school in the city of Sagris, and contributed to the development of Portuguese shipbuilding. Henry's plans at first did not meet with understanding in Portuguese society.

Opponents of naval expeditions insisted that the prince diverted attention and funds from the main task of the kingdom - the fight against the Moors. However, after the first trading company was founded in Lagos, which managed to profitably sell a large batch of black slaves taken out of Africa on its ships, interest in expeditions increased dramatically.

Largely thanks to the efforts of Prince Henry, the Portuguese were the first to round Cape Bojador (now Bujdur) in 1434 on the coast of West Africa, south of the Canary Islands. In 1441 they reached Cape Blanco (now Nouadhibou), in 1445 they discovered the Green Cape, and in 1462, two years after the death of Prince Henry, they entered the Gulf of Guinea.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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