Prince Henry the Navigator (1394 - 1460)

 

 

 

 

Click Prince Henry's name below for WWW links.

1.  Bartlett Elementary School have included a map in their project on Prince Henry the Navigator.

2.  The Thinkquest library gives a brief description of Prince Henry the Navigator's life.

3.  A Sixth Grade student at Oakview School, Vancouver has written these pages about Prince Henry the Navigator.

4.  Katy Petershack has written and interesting account of the sailors employed by Prince Henry the Navigator to sail along the coast of Africa. 

5.  The Mappa Mundi Magazine page about Prince Henry the Navigator  has some interesting photographs of  Portugal.

6.  "The Electronic Passport to Prince Henry the Navigator" by Mike Dowling   

7. Look at an astrolabe.

8. What navigational tools did the explorers use?  This is a link to Matsumoto school's excellent project.

9. Life aboard ship with some pictures.

10. Life aboard ship.

11. Keeping healthy aboard ship.

12. What did early sailors eat?   Biscuits yum-yum!

13. Click here for a blank map of the world

For a worksheet to help you organise the information you find.

For information on the other explorers.