Question

Read the following excerpt from Prince Henry the Navigator by C. Raymond Beazley. Then answer the question that follows.

The Arab tradition of the Green Sea of Night had too strongly taken hold of Christian thought to be easily shaken off. And it was beyond the Cape which bounded their knowledge that the Saracen geographers had fringed the coast of Africa with sea-monsters and serpent rocks and water unicorns, instead of place names, and had drawn the horrible giant hand of Satan raised above the waves to seize the first of his human prey that would venture into his den. If God made the firm earth, the Devil made the unknown and treacherous ocean—this was the real lesson of most of the medieval maps, and it was this ingrained superstition that Henry found his worst enemy, appearing as it did sometimes even in his most trusted and daring captains.

According to the passage, what were some of the dangers and consequences that Portuguese sailors might have worried about when setting off on a journey along the west coast of Africa in the early 1400s? Write your response in one to three sentences.

Answer 1

Answer:

The early European explorers worried about the dangers of sea monsters, serpent rocks, water unicorns, and treacherous waves. Their fears led to superstitions that struck terror into the hearts of Portuguese sailors journeying to the west coast of Africa in the early 1400s.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The early European explorers worried about the dangers of sea monsters, serpent rocks, water unicorns, and treacherous waves. Their fears led to superstitions that struck terror into the hearts of Portuguese sailors journeying to the west coast of Africa in the early 1400s.

What was Prince Henry the Navigator known for?

For good and for ill, Henry the Navigator helped set the stage for the modern world. Besides finding new trade routes and connecting various peoples, Henry's expeditions began the process of European colonization and the transatlantic slave trade.

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