The story of Columbus . lar journey, and also wrote about it. Thesetwo books were read much by studious men, who werecurious to know more concerning the geography of theworld. THE STOllY OF COLUMBUS. CHAPTEE 11. HENRY THE NAVIGATOR. 1394-1473. A MAN who had much more to do with the discoveryof America than did Marco Polo was Prince Henry ofPortugal, though he too looked for an Eastern and not a Western world. Thisprince was born in 1394,nearly a hundred yearsbefore Columbus discov-ered America. He wasthe son of John I ofPortugal. This king hadseized the throne at atime when there was greatdisp
The story of Columbus . lar journey, and also wrote about it. Thesetwo books were read much by studious men, who werecurious to know more concerning the geography of theworld. THE STOllY OF COLUMBUS. CHAPTEE 11. HENRY THE NAVIGATOR. 1394-1473. A MAN who had much more to do with the discoveryof America than did Marco Polo was Prince Henry ofPortugal, though he too looked for an Eastern and not a Western world. Thisprince was born in 1394,nearly a hundred yearsbefore Columbus discov-ered America. He wasthe son of John I ofPortugal. This king hadseized the throne at atime when there was greatdispute as to who had aright to it, and most ofthe people believed himto be the only man ableand brave enough to savethe country. He proved to be a great king. QueenPhili])pa, tlie mother of Prince Henry, was an Englishlady, a daughter of the famous John of Gaunt, andsister of the Enghsh Tving Henry IV. Prince Henrysparents were nol)le and high-minded people, and theygave their sons the best education to be had in that PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR. HENRY THE NAVIGATOR. 9 might have tliought inviting Henry was the third son of King John and QueenPhilippa, and as it was not likely that he would everbecome king, he had the more time to spend in suchstudies as he loved. When the three young men hadcome of age, King John and Queen Philippa wishedthem to be made knights. In order to become a knighta young man had iirst to do some brave deed with hissword, even though he were a prince. That his sonsa chance to win knighthood, King Johnof giving tournaments for a whole year andthe knights of all nations to attend , however, were but playing at war, andthe kings Minister of Finance told him that, as thiswould be a very costly plan, it would be better to spendthe money in attacking the Moorish city of Ceuta, whichwas opposite to the rockof Gibraltar, for it wastliought in those days aChristian act to attack theinfidel Moors. The young princeswere better pleased togain kni
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