 | William Stevenson, Robert Kerr - 1824 - 706 strani
...Straits, in the year 16*3. The success of the Portuguese and Spaniards in their disAA 3 " coveries of a passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope, and of America, induced, as we have seen, the other maritime nations t6 turn their attention to navigation... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 686 strani
...Brewer's Straits, in the year 1643. The success of the Portuguese and Spaniards in their disAA 3 coveries of a passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope, and of America, induced, as we have seen, the other maritime nations to turn their attention to navigation... | |
 | William Stevenson - 1824 - 674 strani
...Brewer's Straits, in the year 1643. The success of the Portuguese and Spaniards in their discoveriesof a passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope, and of America, induced, us we have seen, the other maritime nations to turn their attention to navigation... | |
 | 1831 - 416 strani
...direction of the force, or the celerity of the movement. To illustrate this very briefly—You may be aware that at about the period of the Reformation,...fountains of wealth to commerce and manufactures. Labor became, of course, vastly more valuable, and artisans became possessed of the means of independence.... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1833 - 388 strani
...blessings which they conferred to the present generation. To illustrate this very briefly—You may be aware that at about the period of the Reformation,...of a passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope, and also of the mariner's compass, opened exhaustless fountains of wealth to commerce and manufactures.... | |
 | George Robert Gleig - 1836 - 510 strani
...renewal of hostilities, it is necessary to give a brief account. Almost from the first discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope, and of the existence of the great continent which is now called America, the English and French nations, rivals... | |
 | George Hooker Colton, James Davenport Whelpley - 1847 - 1376 strani
...once the rulers of the destinies of mankind ? Where are Spain and Portugal, the discoverers of the passage to India, by the Cape of Good Hope, and of the Western World ? The answer is plain—their prosperity and glory have departed because they had no... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 150 strani
...Naples. Genoa, Pisa, and Venice are the chief seaports; but their commerce has greatly decreased since the discovery of America, .and of a passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope. GOVERNMENT, EELIGION, &c.—The governments of Italy are varied, but they are chiefly limited... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 154 strani
...Naples. Genoa, Pisa, and Venice are the chief seaports; but their commerce has greatly decreased since the discovery of America, and of a passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope. GOVERNMENT, EELIGION, &c.—The governments of Italy are varied, but they are chiefly limited... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1853 - 160 strani
...Naples. Genoa, Pisa, and Venice are the chief seaports; but their commerce has greatly decreased since the discovery of America, and of a passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope. GOVERNMENT, RELIGION, &c.—The governments of Italy are varied, but they are chiefly limited... | |
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aware that at about the period of the Reformation, great changes were wrought in the physical condition of man. The discovery of America, and of a passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope, and of the use of the mariner's compass, opened exhaustless fountains... 
