Prince Henry the Navigator: a Life Pdf, Epub, Ebook
PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR: A LIFE PDF, EPUB, EBOOK P.E. Russell,Peter Russell | 464 pages | 10 Oct 2001 | Yale University Press | 9780300091304 | English | New Haven, United States Prince Henry The Navigator: A Life PDF Book In the early sixteenth century slaves and sugar would come together to form a tragic combination, and Russell is understandably prepared to allow his own very justifiable feelings to intrude here, when he describes the first public sale of African slaves at Lagos, on the Algarve, in A very clear and easy to grasp tour through the navigators life and achievements. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants. In , when Duarte instructed Prince Henry how to carry out his duties as commander-in-chief of the Portuguese army sent to capture Tangier, he would direct his brother to enforce the discipline, drill, self-restraint and strict compliance with orders that, he said, had been responsible for winning famous victories for the English, who had demonstrated to the world that prudence was not incompatible with chivalry. In , Gil Eanes , the commander of one of Henry's expeditions, became the first European known to pass Cape Bojador. What Eanes mistakenly called Cape Bojador was actually Cape Juby, which had already been passed by many earlier navigators. Under Henry's direction, a new and much lighter ship was developed, the caravel , which could sail further and faster. It is not clear, though, whether or not the chronicler's account of the group hypocrisy practised by Henry and his brothers in their relations with their father was really intended to be read as the praise it purports to be.
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