Henry The Navigator

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  • Period: 1394 to 1460

    explorers project Henry the navigator

  • Birth
    Mar 4, 1394

    Birth

    He was born in Portugal as a soon to be knighted prince
  • First journy
    1415

    First journy

    Capture of Moroccan city guenta
  • His Dream
    1415

    His Dream

    Knighted and made Duke of Viseu.
  • First Discovery
    1419

    First Discovery

    Two Portuguese explorers sent by Henry reached Porto Santo one of the Madeira islands.
  • Slave owner
    1436

    Slave owner

    One of Henry’s explores, Antao Goncalves, returned to Portugal with some African slaves.
  • Biggest Achievment
    1441

    Biggest Achievment

    Nunio Tristao sailed as far south as Cape Blanc, on the border of western Sahara and Mauritania.
    1441-He started the slave trade.
  • 5 more
    1443

    5 more

    he sponsored 5 more expeditions to Africa reaching as far as Ca’Da Mosto in Sierra Leone.
  • Death
    1460

    Death

    Henry’s death.