Andrei Romanov is an author, independent historian, and senior advisor with over 15 years of expertise in international economics, European affairs, crisis management, and strategic communications. Based in the Algarve, Portugal, just miles from the shores where Prince Henry's caravels launched the Age of Discovery, Andrei brings a unique analytical lens to history. His debut book, Masters of the Ocean Sea: The Epic Saga of the Portuguese Explorers Who Redrew the Map of the World (Sagres Heritage Press), is a narrative history covering 18 key figures of Portuguese maritime exploration from 1415 to 1560. Unlike traditional historians, Andrei reconstructs the geopolitical strategies, trade networks, and economic engines that made the Age of Discovery possible, the same skills h...