Lisbon , Portugal is a photograph by Philip Enticknap which was uploaded on November 19th, 2016.
Lisbon , Portugal
Monument to the Discoveries,Lisbon.The Monument to the Discoveries celebrates the achievements of explorers during the Age of Discoveries and the... more
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Lisbon , Portugal
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Philip Enticknap
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Monument to the Discoveries,Lisbon.The Monument to the Discoveries celebrates the achievements of explorers during the Age of Discoveries and the creation of Portugal's empire. The monument shows more than thirty statues of people who played an important role in the discoveries. Leading the way is Henry the Navigator who is shown standing on the bow holding a model of a caravel. Behind him are king Afonso V - who supported the exploration and colonization of Africa - and the explorers Vasco da Gama (who found a direct route to India), Pedro Álvares Cabral (discoverer of Brazil) and Ferdinand Magellan (the first explorer to circumnavigate the world). They are followed by navigators, writers, missionaries, a mathematician, a map maker and other figures from the era of the discoveries.The fifty meter (171ft) tall monument, shaped like a ship's prow, stands at the marina in Belém, the starting point for many of Portugal's explorers
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