PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR

 

THE HERO OF PORTUGAL AND OF MODERN DISCOVERY. 1394-1460 A.D.

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF GEOGRAPHICAL PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE AGES AS THE PREPARATION FOR HIS WORK

BY

C. RAYMOND BEAZLEY

1894

 

 

The Lusitanian Prince who, heaven-inspired,
To love of useful glory roused mankind,
And in unbounded commerce mixed the world.

Thomson: Seasons, Summer, 1010-2.

 

INTRODUCTION.-THE GREEK AND ARABIC IDEAS OF THE WORLD, AS THE CHIEF INHERITANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN MIDDLE AGES IN GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE.
I EARLY CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS (CIRCA 333-867)
II VIKINGS OR NORTHMEN (CIRCA 787-1066)
III THE CRUSADES AND LAND TRAVEL (CIRCA 1100-1300)
IV MARITIME EXPLORATION (CIRCA 1250-1410)
V GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE IN CHRISTENDOM FROM THE FIRST CRUSADES (CIRCA 1100-1460)
VI PORTUGAL TO 1400 (1095-1400)
VII HENRY'S POSITION AND DESIGNS AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST VOYAGES, 1410-15
VIII PRINCE HENRY AND THE CAPTURE OF CEUTA (1415)
IX HENRY'S SETTLEMENT AT SAGRES AND FIRST DISCOVERIES (1418-28)
X CAPE BOJADOR AND THE AZORES (1428-41)
XI HENRY'S POLITICAL LIFE (1433-41)
XII FROM BOJADOR TO CAPE VERDE (1441-5)
XIII THE ARMADA OF 1445
XIV VOYAGES OF 1446-8
XV THE AZORES (1431-60)
XVI THE TROUBLES OF THE REGENCY AND THE FALL OF DON PEDRO (1440-9)
XVII CADAMOSTO (1455-6)
XVIII VOYAGES OF DIEGO GOMEZ (1458-60)
XIX HENRY'S LAST YEARS AND DEATH (1458-60)
XX THE RESULTS OF PRINCE HENRY'S WORK