Henry the Navigator
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Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460),who was called Infante Dom Henrique in Portuguese was a prince from Portugal. He was never a navigator himself, but he got his name because he organized many voyages on which lands were discovered.[1] He is seen as the man who started European colonial expansion.
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