[3]Henry, surnamed “The Navigator,” was born March 4, 1394, and died Nov. 13, 1460. He was distinguished for his encouragement and patronage of discoverers.
[4]Dias, after sailing south in the open sea for thirteen days, sought land to the eastward and, not finding it, turned northward along the coast east of the Cape of Good Hope and reached a point beyond Algoa Bay.
[5]Cabral was the successor of Vasco da Gama in Portuguese exploration.
[6]Columbus’ name in Italian was Cristoforo Colombo; in Spanish, Cristoval Colon; in French, Christophe Colomb; in Latin, Christophorus Columbus.
[7]Other authorities assigned 1446 as the year of his birth. Some place it as early as 1436.
[8]Diego accompanied his brother on his second voyage. He became a priest in 1500.
[9]These dukes were Medina Sidonia and Medina Celi, both of whom favored the scheme at first, but eventually rejected it.
[10]A maritime town in Andalusia.
[11]The Monastery of La Rabida.
[12]Other authorities state that the crew of the Santa Maria, commanded by Columbus, numbered fifty men; that of the Pinta, under Martin Pinzon, thirty men; and that of the Nina, under Vicente Pinzon, twenty-four; and that the total number of the adventurers was one hundred and twenty.