Talk:Henry the Navigator
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Prince Henry did not found a navigation school in Sagres. In fact, there are no historical evidences of such an institution in Sagres during the presence of Prince Henry. The School of Sagres is a later "production" from some authors Therefore, one must understand the idea of “School of Sagres”, not in the physical and institutional sense, but as a to have the idea for it.
The recent Peter Russell book Prince Henry the Navigator: A Life (http://yalepress.yale.edu/YupBooks/viewbook.asp?isbn=0300082339)
presents good historical evidence that Henry was indeed instrumental in the conquest of Ceuta, and not simply part of the "operation".
