King Henry's Age Of Discovery

365 Words2 Pages
Henry was born in 1394 in Porto, Portugal. His father was King John 1 and Phillipa of Lancaster. In 1415 Henry, his father and his older brothers led an attack on Ceuta, a town in Morocco along the strait of Gibraltar. The attack was a success and Portuguese gained control of Ceuta. Henry is mostly credited for beginning the Age of Discovery, the time when europeans expanded their reach to Africa, Asia, and America. He was really fascinated with Africa, a continent they knew little about He wanted to learn about the Muslims who lived there and hoped to gain control of them and spread christianity. Africa had many recourses which he wanted to use for his own country. Henry wasn't a sailor or a navigator , but he sponsored many exploratory