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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Prince Henry the Navigator |
 | | From that date events move quickly, and Henry, while still bearing in mind his crusading ideal, became more and more an explorer for the sake of knowledge, though he also endeavoured to draw commercial profit from the new-found Lands which would recoup his order for the vast expense of the voyages. |
| | This last incident probably accounts for the legend of the School of Sagres, which is now discredited. |
| | Though Henry certainly spent much time in the Algarve, of which province he was governor, the centre of his maritime activity was not Sagres or the Villa do Infante, but Lagos, where nearly all the early expeditions were equipped. |
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