The sea, with its challenges and allure, has long driven scientific and technological development in Portugal. This was especially true in the 15th and 16th centuries — a unique period in our scientific history, reflected in every page of Camões’ The Lusiads.

Henrique Leitão and Joaquim Alves Gaspar will be in Porto at the conference organized by INESC TEC to present “Camões, o Mar e a Ciência Portuguesa no séc. XVI” and “A Cartografia de Magalhães”.