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The
Portuguese Nautical School became the scientific
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The Compass Rose in Sagres, Portugal, in front of the Nautical School
of Navigation created by Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419.
These recent photos were taken by
By Stanley Ulbrych
The Portuguese Discovery Monument at Brenton Point State Park
was a gift from Portugal to the American people, in 1988.
The
Compass Rose here at Brenton Point State Park, in Newport, Rhode
Island,
is a modern replica of the one at the Portuguese Nautical
School, at Sagres, southern Portugal.
Please
note the pillars, the tall land marker that has engraved the
names of
the famous navigators and the world sphere.
This world sphere represents the three fourths of the world that the Portuguese navigators discovered. The State of Rhode Island did a very good job last Spring cleaning up the entire monument and park.
Monument Committee
Arthur Raposo, Chairman
Judge António S. Almeida
Peter Calvet de Magalhães
Judge Arthur A. Carrellas
Senator Joseph J. Chaves
Senator John F. Correia
The Hon. Mary C. Roderiques
Judge António São Bento, Jr.
Manuel L. da Silva, M. D.
The Hon. Robert M. Silva