Prince Henry the Navigator

Where was Prince Henry the Navigator from?

• Spain

• Portugal

• France

• England

Prince Henry of Portugal is considered one of the most important maritime figures in the Age of Exploration. What does maritime mean?

• things related to a journey

• things involving the sea/ocean

• things related to exploration

• things related to marriage and weddings

Prince Henry was sponsored travelers and mapmakers. What is a word for someone who pays people to make art or discoveries?

• patron

• navigator

• caravel

• cartographer

The Portuguese designed faster ships during the 1400s. There were called

• caravels

• longboats

• canoes

• astrolabes

Many skilled and experienced sailors considered the expeditions along the western coast of West Africa very dangerous. Europeans referred to the waters south of Cape Bojador as: The Sea of Darkness. Why?

• strong currents

• stormy weather

• shallow waters

A _____ is a person who studies and makes maps.

• cartographer

• navigator

• geographer

• mathematician

Most of Prince Henry's expeditions were to _____.

• Africa
• Norway
• USA
• Spain

What is this?

(a)  

Sailors were able to use this and the stars to figure out where they were and where they should go

• astrolabe

• caravel

• observatory

• marine

With this, if sailors knew what time of day it was, they could determine how far east or west they were.

• marine chronometer

• astrolabe

• caravel

• cartography