Henry the Navigator (1394–1460)
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Henry the Navigator (right, with hat), Prince of Portugal, with St Vincent and the Portuguese royal family, from an altarpiece by Nuno Goncalves (c. 1460–70; Museo de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal). Though not a navigator himself, Henry was a great patron of navigators and voyages of discovery, and encouraged the development of navigational instruments and cartography.
Portuguese prince, the fourth son of John I. He is credited with setting up a school for navigators in 1419 and under his patronage Portuguese sailors explored and colonized Madeira, the Cape Verde Islands, and the Azores; they sailed down the African coast almost to Sierra Leone.
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