fine art dark black & white interpretation of the Padrão dos Descobrimentos (Monument of the Discoveries), Lisbon, Portugal
Padrão dos Descobrimentos. Monument of the Discoveries, is a monument on the northern bank of the Tagus River estuary, in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém, Lisbon. Located along the river where ships departed to explore and trade with India and Orient, the monument celebrates the Portuguese Age of Discovery (or Age of Exploration) during the 15th and 16th centuries. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padrão_dos_Descobrimentos
In addition to the main statue of Henry the Navigator, holding a model of a carrack, on either side of the ramps of the monument are a total of 33 figures from the history of the Discoveries.
Eastern profile
¥Afonso V of Portugal
¥Vasco da Gama (discoverer of the sea route to India)
¥Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (navigator)
¥Pedro Álvares Cabral (discoverer of Brazil)
¥Ferdinand Magellan (first to circumnavigate the globe)
¥Nicolau Coelho (navigator)
¥Gaspar Corte-Real (navigator)
¥Martim Afonso de Sousa (navigator)
¥João de Barros (writer)
¥Estêvão da Gama (sea captain)
¥Bartolomeu Dias (first to cross over the Cape of Good Hope)
¥Diogo Cão (first to arrive to the Congo river)
¥António de Abreu (navigator)
¥Afonso de Albuquerque (second viceroy of Portuguese India)
¥Saint Francis Xavier (missionary)
¥Cristóvão da Gama (captain)
Western profile
¥Peter, Duke of Coimbra (son of King John I of Portugal)
¥Queen Philippa of Lancaster
¥Fernão Mendes Pinto (explorer and writer)
¥Frei Gonçalo de Carvalho, O.P. (Dominican Missionary)
¥Frei Henrique de Coimbra, O.F.M. (Franciscan Missionary)
¥Luís de Camões (renaissance poet who celebrated the navigations in the epic Lusiads)
¥Nuno Gonçalves (painter)
¥Gomes Eanes de Zurara (chronicler)
¥Pêro da Covilhã (traveller)
¥Jácome de Maiorca (cartographer)
¥Pedro Escobar (pilot)
¥Pedro Nunes (mathematician)
¥Pêro de Alenquer (pilot)
¥Gil Eanes (navigator)
¥João Gonçalves Zarco (navigator)
¥Ferdinand the Holy Prince (son of King John I of Portugal)
fine art dark black & white interpretation of the Padrão dos Descobrimentos (Monument of the Discoveries), Lisbon, Portugal
Padrão dos Descobrimentos. Monument of the Discoveries, is a monument on the northern bank of the Tagus River estuary, in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém, Lisbon. Located along the river where ships departed to explore and trade with India and Orient, the monument celebrates the Portuguese Age of Discovery (or Age of Exploration) during the 15th and 16th centuries. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padrão_dos_Descobrimentos
In addition to the main statue of Henry the Navigator, holding a model of a carrack, on either side of the ramps of the monument are a total of 33 figures from the history of the Discoveries.
Eastern profile
¥Afonso V of Portugal
¥Vasco da Gama (discoverer of the sea route to India)
¥Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (navigator)
¥Pedro Álvares Cabral (discoverer of Brazil)
¥Ferdinand Magellan (first to circumnavigate the globe)
¥Nicolau Coelho (navigator)
¥Gaspar Corte-Real (navigator)
¥Martim Afonso de Sousa (navigator)
¥João de Barros (writer)
¥Estêvão da Gama (sea captain)
¥Bartolomeu Dias (first to cross over the Cape of Good Hope)
¥Diogo Cão (first to arrive to the Congo river)
¥António de Abreu (navigator)
¥Afonso de Albuquerque (second viceroy of Portuguese India)
¥Saint Francis Xavier (missionary)
¥Cristóvão da Gama (captain)
Western profile
¥Peter, Duke of Coimbra (son of King John I of Portugal)
¥Queen Philippa of Lancaster
¥Fernão Mendes Pinto (explorer and writer)
¥Frei Gonçalo de Carvalho, O.P. (Dominican Missionary)
¥Frei Henrique de Coimbra, O.F.M. (Franciscan Missionary)
¥Luís de Camões (renaissance poet who celebrated the navigations in the epic Lusiads)
¥Nuno Gonçalves (painter)
¥Gomes Eanes de Zurara (chronicler)
¥Pêro da Covilhã (traveller)
¥Jácome de Maiorca (cartographer)
¥Pedro Escobar (pilot)
¥Pedro Nunes (mathematician)
¥Pêro de Alenquer (pilot)
¥Gil Eanes (navigator)
¥João Gonçalves Zarco (navigator)
¥Ferdinand the Holy Prince (son of King John I of Portugal)