Age of Exploration (Part 2) Explorers of Portugal

What is the name of the country marked on this map?

What was Prince Henry of Portugal (1394-1460) nicknamed?

Prince Henry set up a navigational school at a port city called Sagres

Prince [blank_start]Henry[blank_end] never actually went on any voyages of exploration but funded many [blank_start]expeditions[blank_end]. Henry funded the first trip to successfully pass the [blank_start]Cape of Bojador[blank_end] on the east coast of [blank_start]Africa[blank_end] in [blank_start]1434[blank_end]. By [blank_start]1441[blank_end] the first gold and slaves were being shipped back to [blank_start]Portugal[blank_end].

Bartolomeu Dias was the first European sailor to reach the bottom of Africa

In [blank_start]1487[blank_end] King John II of Portugal sent [blank_start]Bartolomeu Dias[blank_end] to reach the bottom of [blank_start]Africa[blank_end]. When Dias reached the bottom he named it the [blank_start]Cape of Storms[blank_end]. Upon returning with news to [blank_start]King John II[blank_end] they renamed it the [blank_start]Cape of Good Hope[blank_end] as John now believed that he had a route to [blank_start]India[blank_end] that would make Portugal very rich.

In July 1497 Vaso Da Gama was commissioned to sail around the Cape of Good Hope and complete the trip to India. He brought 3 ships with him. What were they called?

On 20th May 1498 history was made when Da Gama landed at which Indian city?