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MATOS (Artur Teodoro de). HENRIQUE o Navegador. Lisboa. 1994. - MATOS (Artur Teodoro de) HENRIQUE o Navegador . Lisboa: CTT Correios, 1994. 96 pp.: il.; 245 mm. A profusely illustrated album with photographs and facsimiles of maps and historical documents, in a bilingual edition (Portuguese and English), published to coincide with the thematic issues of postage stamps from CTT (Portuguese Post Office) circulating in Portugal, Cape Verde, Brazil and Macau. This work was conceived to mark the 600th anniversary of the birth of Prince Henry the Navigator (Porto, 1394 - Sagres, 1460), a central figure in the Portuguese expansion of the 15th century and the impetus for voyages of exploration along the African coast. The book frames the Prince's actions within the political and cultural context of the Avis court and the genesis of the Discoveries project. Unusual. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate