Quotes About Legacy

and Cristóvão Rebêlo, his illegitimate son.

she would eventually become the most celebrated vessel of the Age of Discovery.

well as permission to pass the newly discovered lands on to "our heirs and successors.

thanks to the legacy of Prince Henry the Navigator, algebra, geometry, astronomy, and navigation.

Laurence Bergreen

Two of the most consequential figures of this era, Francis Drake and Queen Elizabeth, knew the expedition's true purpose:

King Manuel ordered the harassment of Magellan's relatives who remained in their homeland.

they tore the Magellan escutcheon from the gates and smashed it to the ground.

Even young relatives of Magellan found themselves the object of derision and were stoned.

order all my relatives and heirs to put no other stone nor shield of arms in my house

Nor would matters end there; their families and heirs would suffer

The stone that once held the Magellan escutcheon met with a special fate: It was covered with excrement.

Apparently, a tribe of Fuegian Indians had used the place to bury their dead in warm weather, and then vanished

the land written by Amerigo Vespucci after his visit in 1502.

And when Magellan

longer was he Fernão de Magalhães; in Spain, he became known as Hernando de Magallanes.

schooled in the royal tradition established by Prince Henry the Navigator. But he needed a sponsor.

settle for what the crown granted them—still a fortune beyond imagining

The quest began as early as 1419, when Prince Henry, the third son of João I and his English wife, Philippa

Known as Prince Henry the Navigator, he rarely went to sea himself; instead, he inspired others to conquer the ocean.

generation earlier, Manuel's father had sent ships to intercept Columbus.

They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old.Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,We shall remember them.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.

Today, the Qutubs are the guardians of the message of Divine Revelations.