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See also:FERNANDEZ, See also:JOHN (Joao, Joam) , Portuguese traveller of the 5th See also:century. He was perhaps the earliest of See also:modern explorers in the upland of See also:West See also:Africa, and a See also:pioneer of the See also:European slave- and See also:gold-See also:trade of See also:Guinea. We first hear of him (before 1445) as a See also:captive of the See also:Barbary See also:Moors in the western Mediterranean; while among these he- acquired a knowledge of Arabic, and probably conceived the See also:design of exploration in the interior of the See also:continent whose coasts the Portuguese were now unveiling. In 1445 he volunteered to stay in Guinea and gather what See also:information he could for See also:Prince See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry the Navigator; with this See also:object he accompanied An See also:tam Gon9alvez to the " See also:River of Gold " (Rio d'Ouro, Rio de Oro) in 23° 40' N., where he landed and went inland with some native shepherds. He stayed seven months in the See also:country, which See also:lay just within Moslem Africa, slightly See also:north of See also:Pagan Negroland (W. See also:Sudan); he was taken off again by Antam Gon9alvez at a point farther down the See also:coast, near the " Cape of See also:Ransom " (Cape Mirik), in 190 22' 14"; and his See also:account of his experiences proved of See also:great See also:interest and value, not only as to the natural features, See also:climate, See also:fauna and See also:flora of the See also:south-western See also:Sahara, but also as to the racial See also:affinities, See also:language, script, See also:religion, See also:nomad habits, and trade of its inhabitants. These people—though Mahommedans, maintaining a certain trade in slaves, gold, &c., with the Barbary coast (especially with See also:Tunis), and classed as " See also:Arabs," " See also:Berbers," and " Tawny Moors "—did not then write or speak Arabic. In 1446 and 1447 John Fernandez accompanied other expeditions to the Rio d'Ouro and other parts of West Africa in the service of Prince Henry. He was personally known to Gomes Eannes de See also:Azurara, the historian of this See also:early See also:period of Portuguese expansion; and from Azurara's language it is clear that Fernandez' See also:revelation of unknown lands and races was fully appreciated at See also:home.
See Azurara, Chronica de . . . Guine, chs. See also:xxix., xxxii., xxxiv., See also:xxxv., lxxvii., lxxxiii., xc., xci., xciii.
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