Quotes About Adventure

Sailing into these shallow, sediment-rich waters, Magellan thought he might have been entering the waterway leading

where they cooperated in the enterprise of exploring the world, under Henry's direction.

They designed a new type of ship, the small, maneuverable caravel

masts, and rigging, practically every exposed surface of the ship except for the sails.

With their shallow draught and movable sails, Henry's caravels could set a course close to the wind

The privileged pages maintained the sixteen Venetian sand clocks—or ampolletas—carried by Magellan's ships.

maneuverable sails and impressive seaworthiness, caravels became the vessels of choice for exploration.

Prince Henry sent no less than fourteen expeditions to Cape Bojador within twelve years

Late that night, Concepción stirred with life. The captain, Quesada, lowered himself into a longboat

quietly made his way to San Antonio. He was joined there in the dark water lapping at the ship's hull by Juan de Cartagena

He convinced Gil Eannes, a Portuguese explorer, to try once more

In 1513, only six years before Magellan undertook his circumnavigation, Juan Ponce de León set out to find the Fountain of Youth.

fifty leagues past the cape, they explored a large bay and came upon a caravan of men and camels.

Concepción 90 tons, Victoria 85 tons;

together with Alfonso Gonçalves Baldaya, returned to Cape Bojador;

and Santiago, to be used

Baldaya sailed farther south and collected thousands of sealskins;

Every captain sponsored by Prince Henry was under orders to record the tides, the currents, and the winds

over the rail and lowered himself onto a crude seat suspended high above the waves.

would be coming along with them in one of the ships.

Portuguese knowledge of the oceans and of the world beyond the Iberian peninsula.

privacy did not exist aboard these ships—and if the sea happened to be rough

frigid spray splattered his exposed bottom. (More than one sailor lost his life when he plunged from the jardines

but at the same time he turned a blind eye to the scandals and mutinies surrounding Magellan