| In 1419, a Genoan captain in the pay of Prince Henry struck Madeira. |
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| In the spring of 1935 she was summoned home because of her father's failing health and, back in England, she was courted by Prince Henry, then a career army officer. |
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| The Portuguese began systematically exploring the Atlantic coast of Africa from 1418, under the sponsorship of Prince Henry. |
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| These began in the 15th century on the orders of Prince Henry, and continued under the auspices of his nephew Alfonso V. The expeditions followed on from one another at a fast and furious pace. |
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| Zarco, a knight in service to Prince Henry, had commanded the caravels guarding the coast of Algarve from the incursions of the Moors. |
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| However, after John's death in October 1216, many began to support the claim of his eldest son, Prince Henry. |
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| Zarco was born in Portugal, and became a knight at the service of Prince Henry the Navigator's household. |
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| In his role of knight of Prince Henry the Navigator's house he participated in the siege of Tangier, in 1437, which ended in failure. |
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| His return was greeted with reserve and coldness in the court of Prince Henry, who had expected the navigator to succeed in rounding the Cape. |
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| As a first step Prince Henry the Navigator launched expeditions to explore the West Coast of Africa. |
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| Diogo Gomes was a servant and explorer of Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator. |
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| Diogo Gomes gives a touching account of the last illness and death of Prince Henry. |
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| Cadamosto emphasized the central role of Prince Henry, and was instrumental in building up the image of the Navigator Prince for posterity. |
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| The Age of Discovery started with the Portuguese navigators, where Prince Henry the Navigator started a maritime school in Portugal. |
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| Rather than focusing on punitive expeditions as favoured by his father, the young Prince Henry adopted a strategy of economic blockade. |
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| It is to the ambitions of Prince Henry the Navigator that historians attribute the discovery of the Cape as a settling ground for Europeans. |
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| Young prince Henry the Navigator was there and became aware of profit possibilities in the Saharan trade routes. |
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| In particular, they were discovered by voyages launched by the command of Prince Henry the Navigator. |
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| Prince Henry, Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus, and Bartolomeu Dias all used caravels. |
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| In 1770, his brother Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, was exposed as an adulterer, and the following year Cumberland married a young widow, Anne Horton. |
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| In the 1139 peace treaty that followed, Prince Henry of Scotland was made Earl of Northumberland and kept the counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Northumbria. |
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| Prince Henry the Navigator was responsible for this settlement. |
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| His brothers were Sir Arthur Mainwaring, Carver to Prince Henry, George Mainwaring, the defender of Tong Castle, and Sir Thomas Mainwaring, the Recorder of Reading. |
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| Faria e Sousa includes not only the India Armadas, but all the Portuguese fleets from 1412, including those dispatched to Africa under Prince Henry the Navigator. |
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| The Portuguese Government awarded McIntyre the Commander of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1983 for his work in researching and publicising Portuguese exploration. |
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| It is thought that Jehuda Cresques, son of the Catalan cartographer Abraham Cresques have been one of the notable cartographers at the service of Prince Henry. |
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| The king also supported the exploration of the Atlantic Ocean led by prince Henry the Navigator but after Henry's death in 1460, he did nothing to continue Henry's work. |
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