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Prince Henry the Navigator October 07, 2014 . Prince Henry the Navigator Teacher and Explorer of West Africa Portugal, 1441 Prince Henry was born into the royal family of Portugal. Portugal is next to Spain and close to western Africa. During the 1400s, Prince Henry sponsored (paid for) 50 explorations along the coast of Africa, but he never went on a single expedition himself. Patron? Even so, he was nicknamed "Prince Henry the Navigator." Dec 95:26 PM Essential Question: What were the 3 reasons for European Exploration? Gold, God, and Glory Oct 610:08 AM Sep 65:01 PM 1. GOLD African countries and later New World countries would have vast amount of gold and salt in their lands. Sep 77:06 AM Prince Henry the Navigator Europeans wanted to visit Mali, in western Africa – and its gold. Every gold coin in Europe originally came from the Empire of Mali. West Africa was the most important single source of gold for Europe. This gold was the very foundation of Europe’s economy. Dec 96:09 PM October 07, 2014 After the Portuguese explored the west coast of Africa . . . 1. Portugal began to trade with West Africa. Dec 127:17 AM 3. Prince Henry helped Portugal become a leader in navigation. 2. Portuguese ships mapped the geography of the African coast. predict: Portugal did trade with West Africa. But it was a strange trade. What was it? Sep 77:47 AM Sep 77:47 AM Prince Henry the Navigator October 07, 2014 Triangular Trade Route The trade routes from Europe, Africa, and the Americas became known as the Triangular Trade Route and became very lucrative to the European continent. SLAVERY! The Atlantic Slave Trade Great Britain and Spain began to dominate the slave trade in the later years. Sad to say, but the Portuguese were the first to enslave West Africans. In 1441, one of Prince Henry's ships came home with the first Africans. They were sold as slaves in Europe. Sep 262:00 PM As early as 1502 Portugal was shipping enslaved Africans to the Caribbean and Brazil to work on sugar cane plantations. Dec 127:28 AM Dec 127:26 AM Plantations grew in size in North and South America and more and more slaves were needed for the hard work in the fields. Dec 133:19 PM Prince Henry the Navigator Oct 611:52 AM October 07, 2014