the town of Sagres
The biggest reason was that Portugal had Prince Henry who founded a school for navigators and favored sailors.
prince Henry started a school for navigators
Prince Henry started a navigation school
Prince Henry started the first school of navigation in 1453.
he wanted to find a new continent.
In Portugal though the precise location is unknown He started the school in or near Sagres, Portugal. His school taught the skills of map making and sailing.
No. Some had been sailors on other ships. Columbus is reported to have gone to Prince Henry's school of navigation, but for the most part it took a lot of guts to get on a small ship with sailors that were not always the nicest people and who came out of jail that morning and to go without knowing where they were going.
he wanted to find a new continent.
Prince Henry (Henrique) the Navigator (1394-1460) was a Portuguese royal prince, soldier, and patron of explorers. Henry sent many sailing expeditions down Africa's west coast, but did not go on them himself.
1433 prince henry won the grammies yours truley, Prince Henry the Navigator
Prince Henry of Portugal, also known as Henry the Navigator, did not personally start a school for navigators. However, he did establish a center for exploration and navigation in Sagres, Portugal, where he supported expeditions and sponsored navigational research that ultimately contributed to the Age of Discovery and the exploration of new lands, including North America by other explorers who followed his legacy.
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