 | 1832 - 424 strani
...Sept. I, 1503.— Return of Vasco de Gama to Lisbon. VASCO de Gama immortabzed himself, by a discovery of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope. Don kananuel, King of Portugal, sent him to India in the year 1493, upon a voyage of discovery. He... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1836 - 538 strani
.... 289 PART III. Of the Advantages which £urope has derived from the Discovery of America, and from that of a Passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope 331 CHAPTER VIII. Conclusion of the Mercantile System . . .416 CHAPTER IX. Of the Agricultural Systems,... | |
 | William Jardine - 1836 - 384 strani
...Dutch when they landed on the Isle of France, at that time uninhabited, immediately after the discovery of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope. It was of a large size and singular form ; its wings short, like those of an Ostrich, and wholly incapable... | |
 | William Robertson - 1836 - 662 strani
...consequences to their republic, which the sagacity of the Venetian senate foresaw on the first discovery of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, actually took place. Their endeavours to prevent the Portuguese trom establishing themselves in the... | |
 | John George Cochrane - 1837 - 582 strani
...surrounded by the dominions of powerful neighbours, soon ceased to be the same, when the discovery of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, and of the New World, gave a new direction to the commerce of Europe, and broke up the monopoly which... | |
 | 1837 - 556 strani
...and surrounded by the dominions of powerful neighbors, soon ceased to be the same, when the discovery of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, and of the New World, gave a new direction to the commerce of Europe, and broke up the monopoly which... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1838 - 476 strani
...wants, to increase one another's enjoyments Atlantic. 1 and to encourage one another's industry, their The discovery of America, and that of a passage to...by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and пч.-: important events recorded in the history oí We on this side the water are afraid lest ; general... | |
 | William Robertson - 1838 - 658 strani
...consequences to their republic, which the sagacity of the Venetian senate foresaw on the first discovery of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, actually took place. Their endeavours to prevent the Portuguese from establishing themselves in the... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1838 - 702 strani
...the oligarchy maintained its ground, its decline commenced just at this juncture, from the discovery of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope. Tlit greater portion of Indian goods imported into Europe had hitherto passed through the hands of... | |
 | 1840 - 760 strani
...harmony and felicity of our distracted world. His views are thus set forth in his immortal work: — ' ' The discovery of America, and that of a passage to...history of mankind. Their consequences have already been great ; but, in the short period of between two and three centuries, which has elapsed since these... | |
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The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind. 
