How did the ideas of Henry the Navigator impact the Age of Exploration? school | logs | quadrant | sailing | interpreters | Henry the Navigator Set up a of navigation in Portugal. Thanks to him, scholars from all over Europe and the Middle East learned technologies, sail designs and mapping. Henry developed navigational tools such as the to determine a ship's location. Also, he instituted or diaries to help with exploration by passing along knowledge. Henry the Navigator taught captains to hire ahead of travels to new cultures and societies