USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Methodical expeditions started in 1419 along West Africa’s coast under the sponsorship of prince Henry the Navigator, with Bartolomeu Dias reaching the Cape of Good Hope and entering the Indian Ocean in 1488.

Detailed explanation-2: -• The Portuguese Trading Empire Beginning in 1420, Portuguese fleets began to explore the western coast of Africa. These fleets were sponsored by Prince Henry the Navigator. In Africa, the Portuguese discovered a new source of gold. The southern coast of West Africa became known to Europeans as the Gold Coast.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sponsorship of expeditions. Funds appropriated from the Order of Christ largely financed the Atlantic voyages along the western coast of Africa that Henry began to promote in the mid-1420s.

Detailed explanation-4: -Prince Henry the Navigator (aka Infante Dom Henrique, 1394-1460) was a Portuguese prince who famously helped capture the North African city of Ceuta, sponsored voyages of exploration with the aim of building colonies in the North Atlantic and West Africa, and began the Portuguese involvement in the African slave trade.

Detailed explanation-5: -Prince Henry sponsored voyages to discover new sources of wealth, trade, and slaves. He also wanted to establish well-to-do colonies. The aforementioned Madeira was one of his most successful.