Gomes Eanes de Zurara
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Gomes Eanes de Zurara, sometimes spelled Eannes or Azurara, was a Portuguese chronicler of the European Age of Discovery, the most notable after Fernão Lopes.
A depiction of Zurara on the pedestal of the Camões monument, by Victor Bastos, 1860-67 (Praça Luís de Camões, Lisbon)
Frontispiece of Zurara's Crónica dos Feitos de Guiné (Paris codex)
Prince Henry the Navigator
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Prince Henry the Navigator, was a Portuguese prince, a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and often credited as one of the main initiators of the Age of Discovery. Henry was the
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…early Portuguese voyages of discovery down the West African coast and in the ocean, more especially for those undertaken under the auspices of Prince Henry the Navigator. It contains some account of the life work of that prince, and it has biographical as well as geographical interest. On 6 June 1454, Zurara became chief…
Henry the Navigator depicted on the Saint Vincent Panels, by Nuno Gonçalves, c. 1470
The Casa do Infante, in Porto, is traditionally considered Prince Henry's birthplace.
Prince Henry at the 1415 Conquest of Ceuta, considered the beginning of the Portuguese Empire.
Ceuta in 1572.