This is about the great navigators
From Portugal, newly independent
Henry, the third son of King John the First
Known as ‘The Navigator,’ well he meant
To bypass North Africa, and prevent
Those dangerous Moors from robbing, kidnapping
And stopping trade with India, the land
Of spices. Venice, monopolising
The land route, also deterred such trading
So mainly from economic factors
Light caravels were built, and many sent
To gold and slave-rich shores, Henry storing
Wealth up in Lagos, enabling Dias
And Da Gama to sail the Cape’s current
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