of Portugal. Duarte Pachece Pereira, Portuguese Explorer, 1506 Judging by his name, you might think that Henry the Navigator was a great explorer with extraordinary navigating skills. Truth is ...

Assassin’s Creed Shadows takes place around 1579, during the campaign by the warlord Oda Nobunaga to unify Japan by force.

The first Europeans to come to Africa's West Coast to trade were funded by Prince Henry, the famous Portuguese patron, who hoped to bring riches to Portugal. The purpose of the exploration ...

Inscriptions made by Portuguese explorer Diogo Cão near the Congo River, 1483. Navy Museum, Lisbon Photograph by DEA/Album Fittingly for a document chronicling voyages, the planisphere itself ...