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Prince Henry goal was to find a route to the rich spices
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Desprite the creation of the caravel and knowledge shared at his school for sailors
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Prince Henry had a great deal difficultyhis captains to sail beyond cape bojodor
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According to the ledgend beyond this point in an area known as the "green sea of darkness" the sun was so close to earth that a persons skin would turn black
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Prince Henry intensified the explorers of Africa sending 30 and 40 of his ships on mission
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The last voyage sponsored by Prince Henry sailed over 1'500 miles down the African coast
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although Prince Henry never sailed on the expodition the voyages that he paid for in the mid-1400s
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Prince Henry helped launch portugal into the front of the race to find a sea route to the indies