Monday, June 10, 2013

Monument to the Discoveries, Lisbon

I have visited the monument to the Discoveries in Lisbon twice and both times I took loads of photographs.  It is one of the most stunning monuments I've ever seen; styled loosely to look like the bow of a ship, the  figures on either side are those representing many famous and historically important discoverers and those how supported their endeavours.  From right to left here are Henry the Navigator (Explored Europe and established maritime trade with other continents), Ferdinand the Saint (brother to Henry the Navigator), Joao Goncalves Zarco (settled the Madeira Islands), Pero de Alenquer (Explorer of the African coast), Gil Easnes (Explorer of the African coast and the Canary Islands), Pedro Nunes (mathematician and technical innovator in the field of navigation), Pero Escobar (Vasco da Gama's pilot and crew member during the discovery of Brazil) and Jacome of Majorca (cartographer).

Raw file capture with Canon G15; edited in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CS5.

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