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What best explains why Portugal got off to an earlier start in exploration than the rest of Europe?
The biggest reason was that Portugal had Prince Henry who founded a school for navigators and favored sailors.
Who did Prince Henry start a school for?
prince Henry started a school for navigators
What type of school did Prince Henry start?
Prince Henry started a navigation school
What year did Prince Henry the navigator start his navigation school?
Prince Henry started the first school of navigation in 1453.
Why did prince Henry of Portugal start a navigational school?
he wanted to find a new continent.
Where did prince Henry the navigator start a school of navigation?
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.
Do the explorers have any training before they start their journey?
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.
Why did Prince Henry of Portugal start school of navigation?
he wanted to find a new continent.
Henery the Navigator?
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.
What date did bartholomew dias start his voyage to Africa and end it?
1433 prince henry won the grammies yours truley, Prince Henry the Navigator
Prince Henry started school for navigators to reached north America?
Prince Henry absolutely did not establish a school in Portugal to reach North America. The simplest reason why not is that nobody knew that North America existed. Most people at his time thought that the world was composed of THREE parts, Africa, Asia and Europe. Took a while for some people to even accept that North America WAS a forth part, Columbus himself, to his dying day never thought that he had reached a New World. No, Prince Henry established a Navigator school to help sailors go around Africa and reach the East that way.
When does school start for prince edward island?
Tuesday, September 8th
