Late Middle Ages · Europe · Exploration
1394
Henry the Navigator born in Porto
1394
The third surviving son of John I of Aviz arrived in the riverside city. He would never sail much himself but would patronize systematic Atlantic exploration from Sagres on Portugal's southwestern tip, sending caravels down the African coast to Cape Bojador and beyond. The Age of Discovery had its founding patron.
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.