Exploration & Journeys
Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery
Charles Raymond Beazley
1894
10h 9m
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Charles Raymond Beazley's biography of Prince Henry the Navigator, whose Portuguese captains launched the age of European exploration. It follows the voyages down the African coast that opened the sea road to the Indies. A stirring account of the dawn of world discovery.
Inside this audiobook
22 chapters
- 1Introduction: The Greek and Arabic Ideas of the World, as the Chief Inheritance of the Christian Middle Ages in Geographical Knowledge46m
- 2Early Christian Pilgrims. Circa 333-867.49m
- 3Vikings or Northmen. Circa 787-1066.47m
- 4The Crusades and Land Travel. Circa 1100-1300.1h 1m
- 5Maritime Exploration. Circa 1250-1410.15m
- 6Geographical Science in Christendom from the First Crusades. Circa 1100-1460.16m
- 7Portugal to 1400. 1095-140028m
- 8Henry's Position and Designs at the Time of the First Voyages, 1410-1516m
- 9Prince Henry and the Capture of Ceuta. 1415.23m
- 10Henry's Settlement at Sagres and First Discoveries. 1418-28.15m
- 11Cape Bojador and the Azores. 1428-1441.20m
- 12Henry's Political Life. 1433-1441.23m
- 13From Bojador to Cape Verde. 1441-5. Part 141m
- 14From Bojador to Cape Verde. 1441-5. Part 224m
- 15The Armada of 144521m
- 16Voyages of 1446-8.20m
- 17The Azores. 1431-1460.14m
- 18The Troubles of the Regency and the Fall of Don Pedro. 1440-9.8m
- 19Cadamosto. 1455-6.56m
- 20Voyages of Diego Gomez. 1458-60.18m
- 21Henry's Last Years and Death. 1458-60.17m
- 22The Results of Prince Henry's Work.31m
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