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The European leader that set up a center for exploration in Portugal was Prince Henry of Portugal.
Caravel was the one that set up a center for astronomical and geographical studies. This is done in Portugal.

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In the XVth century, Infante D. Henrique recruited sages from various nations in subjects such as geography, cartography and astronomy, and gathered them at Sagres, at the southwestern tip of Portugal, founding the Sagres School, which served as an academy for navigators and explorers.

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