Question
A massive stone compass rose is evidence of a navigational school based on this region’s Sagres Point. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this region whose city of Lagos was the departure point for Gil Eanes (“zheel ee-ah-nesh”) in 1434. Afonso V appended this region to the name of his kingdom to reflect his conquests of Moorish lands.
ANSWER: Algarve [or Al-Gharb; accept Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarve or Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves; prompt on Portugal; prompt on Iberia]
[10e] Historians debate whether the School of Sagres existed or if it was a myth to glorify this Portuguese prince, who popularized the caravel and helped begin the Age of Discovery.
ANSWER: Henry the Navigator [or Henrique o Navegador; accept the Duke of Viseu; prompt on Henry or Henrique]
[10m] Henry the Navigator patronized Jewish cartographers like Abraham Cresques who worked in this language and rivaled the Italian school. This language, which sometimes names portolan charts, was used for a 1375 map that contains the first appearance of the compass rose.
ANSWER: Catalan [or català; accept the Catalan Atlas or Catalan charts or Catalan portolans]
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