Prince Henry the Navigator helped launch the age of seafaring exploration from the country’s Algarve coast. A family of sailors follows in his wake.

Morning at Praia da Batata beach in the city of Lagos, from which many of Prince Henry’ the Navigator’s most famous captains set off, including Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama and Diogo de Teive.Credit...

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By Porter Fox

Photographs by Sara Fox