Pedro Reinel: Navigator of the Age of Discovery Born in Lisbon around 1485, Pedro Reinel stands as a pivotal figure in the burgeoning world of Portuguese cartography during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. His life coincided with an era of unprecedented maritime exploration – the voyages of Prince Henry the Navigator, Diogo Cão’s expeditions along the African coast, and the ambitious quest to circumnavigate the globe. Reinel wasn't a flamboyant explorer himself, but rather a meticulous craftsman, a skilled mapmaker who quietly shaped European understanding of the world throu…