Select all the correct answers. which two expeditions did prince henry of portugal sponsor? john cabot’s trip to canada jacques cartier’s trip up the st. lawrence river christopher columbus’s trip to hispaniola gil eannes’s trip around cape bojador bartolomeu dias’s trip around the cape of good hope

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Gil Eannes’s trip around Cape Bojador and Bartolomeu Dias’s trip around the Cape of Good Hope was the two expeditions sponsored by prince henry of Portugal.

What role did Portugal play in Western Age of Discovery and Exploration?

  • The westernmost nation in Europe, Portugal, was crucial to the Western Age of Discovery and Exploration.
  • Portugal played a crucial role in finding the path to Asia by sailing south around Africa during the fifteenth century under the direction of Prince Henry the Navigator.
  • The discovery of a common path close to Cape Bojador is seen as marking the beginning of the Portuguese exploration of Africa.
  • They traveled around 30 leagues (144 km), or maybe 50 leagues (240 km), south of Cape Bojador before arriving at the coast of Africa.
  • Bartolomeu Dias, a Portuguese navigator (c. 1450–1500), was the first European to circumnavigate Africa's southernmost point in 1488, opening the door for a maritime connection between Europe and Asia.

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