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Prince Henry started his navigation school in Sagres, Portugal.
His school of navigation.
Prince Henry started the first school of navigation in 1453.
Alcuin of York established a successful school for the members of the royal court of Charlemagne. This palace school was a part of the Carolingian school movement.
He was a Portuguese prince who patronized seamen voyaging down the waest coast of Africa (as south as Cape Verde). He wanted to find a new route to the Indies. He established a school of navigation (the first and best) where navigation, astronomy, and cartography were taught. He also constructed the first observatory.