Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D.

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Title: Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern
Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress
Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work.
Author: C. Raymond Beazley

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PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR
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PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR THE HERO OF PORTUGAL
AND OF MODERN DISCOVERY 1394-1460 A.D.
With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle
Ages As the Preparation for His Work
by
C. RAYMOND BEAZLEY, M.A., F.R.G.S.
Fellow of Merton College, Oxford; Geographical Student in the
University of Oxford, 1894

Venient annis sæcula seris Quibus Oceanus vincula rerum Laxet, et
ingens pateat tellus, Tethys que novos detegat orbes, Nec sit terris
ultima Thule.
SENECA, Medea 376/380.

[Illustration: GATEWAY AT BELEM. WITH STATUE, BETWEEN
THE DOORS, OF PRINCE HENRY IN ARMOUR.]

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CONTENTS.
PAGE PREFACE xvii
INTRODUCTION.
THE GREEK AND ARABIC IDEAS OF THE WORLD, AS THE
CHIEF INHERITANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN MIDDLE AGES IN
GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE. 1
CHAPTER I.
EARLY CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS (CIRCA 333-867) 29
CHAPTER II.
VIKINGS OR NORTHMEN (CIRCA 787-1066) 50
CHAPTER III.
THE CRUSADES AND LAND TRAVEL (CIRCA 1100-1300) 76
CHAPTER IV.
MARITIME EXPLORATION (CIRCA 1250-1410) 106
CHAPTER V.
GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE IN CHRISTENDOM FROM THE
FIRST CRUSADES (CIRCA 1100-1460) 114
CHAPTER VI.
PORTUGAL TO 1400 (1095-1400) 123

CHAPTER VII.
HENRY'S POSITION AND DESIGNS AT THE TIME OF THE
FIRST VOYAGES, 1410-15 138
CHAPTER VIII.
PRINCE HENRY AND THE CAPTURE OF CEUTA (1415) 147
CHAPTER IX.
HENRY'S SETTLEMENT AT SAGRES AND FIRST DISCOVERIES
(1418-28) 160
CHAPTER X.
CAPE BOJADOR AND THE AZORES (1428-41) 168
CHAPTER XI.
HENRY'S POLITICAL LIFE (1433-41) 179
CHAPTER XII.
FROM BOJADOR TO CAPE VERDE (1441-5) 192
CHAPTER XIII.
THE ARMADA OF 1445 228
CHAPTER XIV.
VOYAGES OF 1446-8 240
CHAPTER XV.
THE AZORES (1431-60)