Author: Leonard Everett Fisher
Publisher: Atheneum
ISBN: 9780027352313
Category : Explorers
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A biography of that Portuguese prince whose vision and whose school of navigation significantly affected all later explorers who charted the unknown.
Prince Henry the Navigator
Author: Leonard Everett Fisher
Publisher: Atheneum
ISBN: 9780027352313
Category : Explorers
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A biography of that Portuguese prince whose vision and whose school of navigation significantly affected all later explorers who charted the unknown.
Publisher: Atheneum
ISBN: 9780027352313
Category : Explorers
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A biography of that Portuguese prince whose vision and whose school of navigation significantly affected all later explorers who charted the unknown.
Prince Henry 'the Navigator'
Author: Peter Edward Russell
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300091304
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Studie over de centrale rol die prins Hendrik de Zeevaarder (1394-1460) speelde bij de eerste Portugese ontdekkingsreizen.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300091304
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Studie over de centrale rol die prins Hendrik de Zeevaarder (1394-1460) speelde bij de eerste Portugese ontdekkingsreizen.
Henry the Navigator
Author: Lisa Ariganello
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778724339
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Biography of the Portuguese prince and monk who sponsored expeditions along the west coast of Africa during the late middle ages.
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778724339
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Biography of the Portuguese prince and monk who sponsored expeditions along the west coast of Africa during the late middle ages.
Prince Henry the Navigator
Author: Charles Raymond Beazley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Henry the Navigator
Author: Claude Hurwicz
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9780823955602
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A biography of Portugal's national hero whose advanced ideas on geography and navigation opened the way for Columbus and other explorers.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9780823955602
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A biography of Portugal's national hero whose advanced ideas on geography and navigation opened the way for Columbus and other explorers.
The Life of Prince Henry of Portugal, Surnamed the Navigator, and Its Results
Author: Richard Henry Major
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
A Wind from the North
Author: Ernle Bradford
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 149761709X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The captivating biography of Prince Henry of Portugal, the navigator and explorer who helped usher in the Age of Discovery. Before Columbus, Vespucci, and Sir Francis Drake, there was Henry the Navigator. Pirate hunter, intrepid explorer, and ship designer, the Portuguese prince was one of the great innovators who pioneered the Age of Discovery. In an effort to locate the mythic kingdom of Prester John, Prince Henry organized voyages into the Southern Atlantic and developed a new kind of ship, the caravel, specifically for the task. His explorations yielded riches and fame for Portugal, as well as the discovery of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Yet the scope of his contribution to the world is often overshadowed by other figures. In this expertly researched biography, Ernle Bradford brings to light the captivating tale of a pioneer who initiated an era of exploration and forever changed the course of history.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 149761709X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The captivating biography of Prince Henry of Portugal, the navigator and explorer who helped usher in the Age of Discovery. Before Columbus, Vespucci, and Sir Francis Drake, there was Henry the Navigator. Pirate hunter, intrepid explorer, and ship designer, the Portuguese prince was one of the great innovators who pioneered the Age of Discovery. In an effort to locate the mythic kingdom of Prester John, Prince Henry organized voyages into the Southern Atlantic and developed a new kind of ship, the caravel, specifically for the task. His explorations yielded riches and fame for Portugal, as well as the discovery of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Yet the scope of his contribution to the world is often overshadowed by other figures. In this expertly researched biography, Ernle Bradford brings to light the captivating tale of a pioneer who initiated an era of exploration and forever changed the course of history.
Prince Henry the Navigator
Author: Charles Raymond Beazley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Essay on the Life of Prince Henry the Navigator
Author: Jos Braz Pereira Da Cruz
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781494201548
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
The Prince Henry may be taken as a symbol of wishes and efforts of anonymous navigators, cartographers, of cosmographers, merchants and adventurers who helped modern man to build new dimensions to the perspective of the world. A prince of remarkable qualities that worked in favor of the Kingdom and of the Catholic religion, with projects, subject to successes and failures, stubborn in realizing their desires, and a man deeply marked by the conditions and conveniences of life of his time. It is to mention that the author was awarded with the prize Henriquino, in 1960, in Portugal.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781494201548
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
The Prince Henry may be taken as a symbol of wishes and efforts of anonymous navigators, cartographers, of cosmographers, merchants and adventurers who helped modern man to build new dimensions to the perspective of the world. A prince of remarkable qualities that worked in favor of the Kingdom and of the Catholic religion, with projects, subject to successes and failures, stubborn in realizing their desires, and a man deeply marked by the conditions and conveniences of life of his time. It is to mention that the author was awarded with the prize Henriquino, in 1960, in Portugal.
Prince Henry the Navigator
Author: Charles Raymond Beazley
Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description