Prince Henry Sailor

Prince Heinrich the sailor (1394 - 1460) is the master of the Order of Christ, the initiator of the discovery and colonization of the Azores, the organizer of the research expeditions of the Portuguese in the Atlantic and on the western coast of Africa, which led to Europeans in India by the Europeans.
The book also tells the struggle in the XIII-XV centuries. Pyrenee states, the then outpost of European Christian civilization in the West, against Muslim expansion. In this struggle, Prince Henry took a direct part, leading the fleet and leading campaigns against the Moors in North-West Africa.
On the first cover page, a monument to Prince Henry in Belen. In the upper right corner, the sign of the Order of Christ.
On the back of the cover, the map of Northwest Africa of the 15th century. The dotted line shows the main ways of Transissakhara caravans. In dark yellow, gold deposits in Central Africa are highlighted. In the upper left corner of the standard of King Manuel, around him are signs of four spiritual and pyzara orders: Kalatrava (above), Alkantars (right), Santiago (below), Avisa (left)