 | Thomas Smith - Civilization - 1803 - 322 pages
...mortal blow, from which they have never recovered. These were th« discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope. The former put Spain in possession of immense treasures; which, being gradually diffused through all parts... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - America - 1804 - 432 pages
...should return to their duty, he restored the appearance of order, regular government, and tranquillity. It was at this period that the Portuguese, excited...was given to Vasco de Gama, who set sail from Lisbon on the . -p Qth of July, reached the Cape on the 2Oth .• „ ' of November, and arrived at Calicut,... | |
 | CHARLES MAYO, L.L.B - 1804 - 586 pages
...collections of paintings and statuary. When the course of trade was changed by the discovery of the passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, the Italian merchants i / » were deprived of their sources of wealth: and those nobles whose ancestors... | |
 | William Playfair - Commercial products - 1805 - 684 pages
...mariner's compass, enabling seamen to quit sight of land without danger, made way for the discovery of a passage to the East Indies, by the Cape of Good Hope, and the discovery of America., Those two. discoveries altered entirely the nature of commerce, and... | |
 | Thomas Smith - Astronomy - 1806 - 150 pages
...known in Europe. 1496 The first game-act passed. 1497 The Portuguese, under Vasco de Gama, discover a passage to the East Indies, by the Cape of Good Hope. South America discovered by Americus Vesputius, from whom it received its name. 1 49 8 Lewis XII. king... | |
 | Alexander Annesley - Bottomry and respondentia - 1808 - 308 pages
...and manufactures began to increase, though by slow degrees, till by the discovery of America, and of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, the ancient channels of commerce, and the projects and views of commercial men became completely changed.... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1809 - 382 pages
...• Herrera, dec. I. lib. iii. c. 14. Ifenzou. Hiit. NOv. Ori. lib. i. c 2. VOL. I. S e of opening a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, and soon after his accession to the throne, equipped a squadron for that important voyage. He gave... | |
 | Charles Ganilh - Comparative economics - 1812 - 504 pages
...league left the world an honourable remembrance consoling to humanity. The discovery of America and of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, the abun4Jance_of the pj-ecious Lmetals .whicjiit. caused to circulate in Europe, the general comforts,... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 490 pages
...who inherited the enterprising genius of bis predecessors, persisted in their grand scheme of opening a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, and soon after his accession to the throne, equipped a squadron for that im» portant voyage. He gave... | |
 | Eliza Roberts - Geography - 1813 - 408 pages
...Indies, because, about the time when the Spaniards were sailing westward, the Portuguese found out a passage to the East Indies, by the Cape of Good Hope. Europe is the least of the four parts of the earth ; but is at this time the most respectable, for... | |
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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. 
