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Article: Prince Henry "the Navigator": a Life.(Book Review)
- Article from:
- Journal of World History
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
- Author:
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By PETER RUSSELL. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2000. Pp. xvi + 464. $35.00 (cloth).
Everyone knew that, in the face of intense scepticism from
his peers, from experienced pilots and from cosmographers,
he [Prince Henry] had been proved right when he said that
the fears seamen associated with the name of Cape Bojador
were mere superstitions. His own unshakeable self-confidence
that it was his destiny to succeed as a sponsor of oceanic
exploration communicated itself to mariners and sea-going
knights and squires alike, even before the caravels started ...
(p. 238)
Sir Peter Russell, now retired after a distinguished ...