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Генрих Мореплаватель - Russian
URL: http://www.zoohall.com.ua/findex.php?page=http://zoohall.com.ua/leftframes/ecolo

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В 1420 году Генрих открыл остров Мадейра. Через несколько лет этот остров был колонизован. Результатом деятельность Генриха была не только расширение португальской торговли, но и появление в европейских странах негров-рабов.

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ГЕНРИХ МОРЕПЛАВАТЕЛЬ (Энрике Мореплаватель, Dom Henrique o Navegador) - Russian
URL: http://explorers.narod.ru/morep.htm

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Португальский принц, с именем которого обычно связывают успехи Португалии в Великих географических открытиях.

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Africans in America/ Prince Henry the Navigator - English
URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p259.html

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Judging by his name, you might think that Henry the Navigator was a great explorer with extraordinary navigating skills. Truth is, Prince Henry of Portugal never set sail on voyages of discovery. A nobleman of English, French, and Spanish ancestry, Prince Henry gained his reputation by sponsoring many voyages of discovery along the western coast of Africa.

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Henry The Navigator Info Page - English
URL: http://www.expage.com/page/seantom

Henry The Navigator Info Page By Sean Cr & Tom

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Prince Henry "The Navigator" -- First Chapter - English
URL: http://www.yale.edu/yup/chapters/082339chap.htm

Prince Henry, the third surviving son of John I and Philippa of Lancaster, was born in the northern Portuguese city of Oporto on Ash Wednesday, 4 March 1394. If that traditional day of mourning and penitence was thought to be an unpropitious one for a prince's birth, no one was ever tactless enough to say so, at least in writing.

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European Voyages of Exploration: Prince Henry the Navigator 3 - English
URL: http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/henry3.html

A definitive evaluation of Prince Henry's contribution to the rise of the powers, however, remains elusive. Was Prince Henry a skilful leader able to inspire those under his charge to greater feats of courage and nautical daring, or was he simply an administrator claiming credit for the accomplishments of others?

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Prince Henry the Navigator in the Electronic Passport - English
URL: http://www.mrdowling.com/610-henry.html

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Prince Henry the Navagator never left Portugal, but he helped to unlock the secrets of Africa by encouraging exploration of the continent.

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Henry the Navigator - English
URL: http://www.mariner.org/age/princehenry.html

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From 1419 until his death in [1460], Prince Henry sent expedition after expedition down the west coast of Africa to outflank the Muslim hold on trade routes and to establish colonies. These expeditions moved slowly due to the mariners' belief that waters at the equator were at the boiling point, that human skin turned black, and that sea monsters would engulf ships.

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Discoverers Web: Henry the Navigator - English
URL: http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/henry.html

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Prince Henry decided to try to give Portugal a share in these riches. Holding Ceuta did not work - it used to be one of the richest caravan cities, but that was lost once it had become christian. The only way would be to go around the Muslim territory, directly to the lands where the gold, silver, and many more products came from themselves.

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Henry the Navigator - English
URL: http://www.virtualology.com/virtualmuseumofhistory/hallofexplorers/PRINCEHENRYNA

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Henry the Navigator was a portuguese prince. He sponsored many exploratory expeditions along the West African coast, and the way was prepared for the discovery of the sea route to India.

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Russell/PRINCE HENRY "THE NAVIGATOR" - English
URL: http://www.yale.edu/yup/books/082339.htm

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Henry the Navigator, fifteenth-century Portuguese prince and explorer, is a legendary, almost mythical figure in late medieval history. Considered along with Columbus to be one of the progenitors of modernity, Prince Henry challenged the scientific assumptions of his age and was responsible for liberating Europeans from geographical restraints that had bound them since the Roman Empire’s collapse.

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HENRY the Navigator - English
URL: http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/people_n2/ppersons5_n2/henrynav.html

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Henry was the third son of John I, King of Portugal, and Philippa, daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.

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European Explorers: Henry the Navigator - English
URL: http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/exnavigator.htm

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Prince Henry the Navigator was the fifth child and fourth son of King John I (Joгo I) and Queen Phillippa. Henry was somewhat of a paradox: a dreamer, a scholar, and a monk who nevertheless possessed the instincts of a businessman. Essentially, Prince Henry was a religious man, committed to breaking the hold of heathens and securing the triumph of Christianity in Africa.

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Henry the Navigator - English
URL: http://utenti.lycos.it/luminis/Enricoil/enricoilen.htm

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Henry was one of the sons of King John I of Portugal. Particular and controversial personality: from his residence of Tercena Naval (the existing Sagres in Algarve) he directed the great explorations of portuguese navigators that brought to the colonization of Africa and to trace the spice route towards the East.

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Henry the Navigator. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 - English
URL: http://www.bartleby.com/65/he/HenryNavi.html

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His navigators discovered the Senegal River and rounded Cape Verde (1444) and finally (1460) reached a point near the present Sierra Leone. The abuses of the slave trade caused Henry to forbid the kidnapping of blacks in 1455. Henry played an important political role in the minority of Alfonso V, establishing his brother Pedro as regent.

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Prince Henry the Navigator - EnchantedLearning.com - English
URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/h/henry.shtml

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Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460), Royal Patron of Explorers, 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.

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Орден Генриха Мореплавателя - Russian
URL: http://www.dialogseti.ru/yy/Europe/Portugal/Navigator/Navigator.htm

Дата и подробности учреждения ордена неизвестны.

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Исторический словарь | Генрих Мореплаватель (1394—1460 гг.) — португальский принц, ... - Russian
URL: http://www.rea.ru/misc/hist_dic.nsf/ByID/NT0000277A

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Океанские экспедиции Г.В. Кабрала, А. Кадамосто и др. открыли Азорские острова (1432—35 гг.), Зелёный Мыс, реки Сенегал и Гамбия, острова Бижагош (1434— 1457 гг.) и Зелёного Мыса (1456 г.). По инициативе Генриха Мореплавателя начался вывоз из Африки рабов в Португалию; капитан Н. Триштан и др. в поисках золота и рабов в 1434—60 гг. обследовали и нанесли на карту около 3500 км западно-африканского побережья от Западной Сахары до Гвинейского залива.

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Энрики (Генрих) Мореплаватель. [Военно-исторический словарь] - Russian
URL: http://www.medievalfortress.com/enc/ie_00450.html

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Главное внимание Энрики Мореплаватель уделял плаваниям вдоль зап. берега Африки, возможно, это был и поиск вост. морского пути в Индию. Начиная с 1419 г. и до своей смерти Энрики Мореплаватель снарядил несколько экспедиций, которые открыли ряд островов у зап. побережья Африки (о. Мадейра, Азорские о–ва, о–ва Зеленого Мыса).

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European Voyages of Exploration: Prince Henry the Navigator - English
URL: http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/henry1.html

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Prince Henry the Navigator was the fifth child and fourth son of King Joгo I (John I) and Queen Philippa. Henry was somewhat of a paradox: a dreamer, a scholar, and a monk who nevertheless possessed the instincts of a businessman. Essentially, Prince Henry was a religious man, committed to breaking the hold of heathens and securing the triumph of Christianity in Africa.

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