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Many people have asked this question, and Neil Sinclair has done a good job
responding to it. I'll add a few more reasons.
PRTINCE HENRY'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE
NOT ANNOUNCED TO THE WORLD !
The printing press had not been invented, and
public relations experts and "spin doctors" of the day
did not broadcast the spectacular news of the Voyage.
Unfortunately, soon after Henry returned he
was slain in an ambush in Orkney. It is thought
that his assassination was ordered by the
Hanseatic League to rid itself of such a powerful
rival. To make sure that Prince Henry Sinclair's
trans-Atlantic achievements were not followed
up, the Hansea arranged to have Sinclair's son,
also named Henry, arrested at sea while
escorting the Crown Prince of Scotland to
France for safekeeping. Henry and the King's
on were confined for the next fourteen years in
an English prison. His other son, William, chose
to live in regal comfort in his Rosslyn Castle,
where he designed and constructed the very
unique Rosslyn Chapel. It is adorned with stone
carvings, including corn and cactus, not
here-to-for known in the Old World. Antonio Zeno
also died immediately upon his return voyage.
Only Prince Henry's daughter, Elizabeth is
credited with passing the story of the epic
voyage along to her son, John. He proudly told
his in-laws, one of whom was the wife of
Christopher Columbus! Later, the Zeno Narrative
was discovered, providing the world with a more
definitive report of Prince Henry Sinclair's voyage.
Pete Cummings
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