Inside Out Library · Explore

Ships & ways of other days (1913)

Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944 · London : Sidgewick & Jackson, litd · leaf 162

An illustration from Ships & ways of other days, 1913, leaf 162
not yet and perhaps never will appreciate. Itis not too much to say that it is entirely owing toPrince Henrys influence that ships now sail back-wards and forwards to India, South Africa, America,Australia, and elsewhere. If only people understoodhalf they owed to this man they would commemoratehis… … j>^: ■^::k ^ N »>■ Prince Henry the Navigator. After a print by Simon de Passe. p. 126 THE MIDDLE AGES open up the unknown. That exactly sums up his Ufe.In olden times, what is now called Cape St. Vincentwas known as the Holy Promontory. Just to theright of this comes Sagres, and a little…

Ships · Shipbuilding · Navigation

Internet Archive · Cornell University Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from Ships & ways of other days

More like this