AT AND QUEEN PHILIPPA 148

Henry's father and mother, from their tomb in the Abbey
of Batalha.

GATEWAY OF THE CHURCH AT THOMAR 154

The Mother Church of the Order of Christ, of which
Henry was Grand-Master.

HENRY IN MORNING DRESS[2] 258

The original forms the frontispiece to the Paris MS. of
Azurara's _Discovery and Conquest of Guinea_.

COIMBRA UNIVERSITY 298

THE RECUMBENT STATUE OF PRINCE HENRY 306

From his tomb in Batalha Church; with his escutcheons (1)
as titular King of Cyprus; (2) as Knight of the Garter of
England; (3) as Grand Master of the Order of Christ.

ALLEGORICAL PIECE[3] 310

Supposed to represent Columbus, as St. Christopher,
carrying across the ocean the Christian faith, in the
form of the infant Christ. From the map of Juan de la
Cosa, 1500.

VASCO DA GAMA[4] 314

From a portrait in the possession of the Count of
Lavradio.

AFFONSO D'ALBUQUERQUE[5] 318

[Footnote 1: From a water-colour.]

[Footnote 2: From Major's _Life of Henry the Navigator_.]

[Footnote 3: From the Hakluyt Society's _Select Letters of Columbus_.]

[Footnote 4: From the Hakluyt Society's edition of _Three Voyages of
Vasco da Gama_.]

[Footnote 5: From the Hakluyt Society's edition of Albuquerque's
_Commentaries_.]

LIST OF MAPS.[6]

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THE WORLD ACCORDING TO PTOLEMY 2

From Nordenskjoeld's fac-simile atlas

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO EDRISI. _c._ 1150 24

As reconstructed by M. Reinaud from the written
descriptions of the Arabic geographer. This illustrates
the extremely unreal and untrue conception of the earth
among Moslem students, especially those who followed the
theories of Ptolomy--_e.g._, in the extension to
Africa eastward, so as practically or actually to join
China, making the Indian Ocean an inland sea.

THE MAPPE-MONDE OF ST. SEVER 48

(B. Mus., Map room, shelf 35 [5], sheet 6). Of uncertain
date, between _c._ 780-980 but probably not later
than the 10th century. One of the earliest examples of
Christian map-making.

THE ANGLO-SAXON M