There is a number of things that he has done, for us and for the people of his time. Henry had been one of the first Portuguese explorers to send off the European voyages of Exploration. Henry had never set foot on an actual trip he had put a lot of time and research into each of these voyages. Henry had also sponsored many other voyages along the coast of Africa. Henry had also founded the Atlantic Slave trade. He was the first to officially integrate this specific part of the slave system into our history. Although slavery is looked down upon today - as we are ashamed of it - it did contribute to a huge part of our history as well as our lives today. Prince Henry the Navigator is a huge figure in the history of our world as well as exploration. He has made many important contributions to our …show more content…
History in general would change, as well as the events that occurred during the time he lived would never have happened. Events like the Atlantic Slave trade and the European Voyages of Exploration would have taken place a long while after Prince Henry’s time, if those events were even to occur at all. Prince Henry the Navigator was very ahead of his time. He thought of things outside of the box and he came to be an explorer at a very young age. He discovered lots of things others could and would not. If he was not here who would have followed in his footsteps and discover new things the way that Henry