Prince Henry
When did Prince Henry die?
1460.
What do most people wordship in Portugal?
Catholic.
How did the Europeans discover America?
Europeans discovered America by accident during this search for a faster, easier way to get to Asia (or the Indies, as the area was also called).
What did people do after he died?
Even after his death in 1460, Portuguese ship captains were still trying to find the sea route Henry had hoped for. All this exploration was going on because people wanted to get products they couldn't get in their own country!
When did Christopher Columbus finally have permission to go acroos the ocean to spread the Christian religion and what were his ships called?
Finally in 1492, Columbus set sail from Spain with one hundred men in three ships: the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
What did Pricne Henry want to do?
Find a route around Afirica and to Asia to make his country wealthy.
What did he dedicate his life for/
He dedicated his life and his riches to this cause. He paid for many ships to voyage across the ocean in an attempt to find Asia and Africa, and started a center where experts could come to share their knowledge of geography and navigation.
Where did people live during the age of exploration?
In sight of a castle.
Where did Prince Henry fight as a young man?
Prince Henry of Portugal fought in North Africa as a young man.
What did Prince Henry later become known as?
Prince Henry of Portugal, later became known as Henry the Navigator.
What did Europeans bring to the rest of the world?
Their way of life and religion.
What did he see in North Africa?
There he saw incredible gold, ivory, spices and silks, and other riches being traded by travelers who had been to Africa, India, China, and Japan.
Why was it difficult for the Portuguese to trade?
Trade routes were closely guarded and protected by other groups of people, making it difficult for the Portuguese to establish trade for themselves.
What happened about 30 years after he had died and 10 years later?
bout thirty years after Prince Henry died, an explorer named Bartholemeu Días successfully sailed all the way to the southern tip of Africa, and about ten years after that, Vasco da Gama made it around Africa and all the way to India. Although he wasn't alive to see it, Prince Henry's goal was finally accomplished.
