Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460). By Donn Philip Crane (1878-1944). Dom Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Viseu (1394-1460), better known as Prince Henry the Navigator, was a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and in 15th-century European maritime discoveries and maritime expansion.

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