 | 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 - World history - 1804 - 458 pages
...should return to their duty, he restored the appearance of order, regular government, and tmnquillity. It was at this period that the Portuguese, excited...was given to Vasco de Gama, who set sail from Lisbon oa the . ~ gth of July, reached the Cape on the 2Oth 97- t he coast O f Malabar, on the 22d of May... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1804 - 374 pages
...feelings and his better judgment. . _ In the second year of his reign, Di ' ?" Gama discovered the passage to the '. East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope. The enterprising spirit of the Portuguese, first roused into action by prince Henry, as already noticed,... | |
 | 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 Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1805 - 410 pages
...has been .the chief seat of their empire, and the sourc^ of their treasures in this quarter of the globe. The condition of his ships made it necessary...to Vasco de Gama, who set sail from Lisbon on the AD 9th of July, reached the Cape on the 20th 1497. of November, and arrived at Calicut, on, the coast... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Chronology, Historical - 1805 - 414 pages
...of order, regular government, and tranquillity. It was at this period that the Portuguese, e*cited by what had been done by Columbus, undertook a voyage, with a view of finding a passage to the East-Indies by the Cape of Good Hope. The command of this expedition was given to Vasco de Gama, who... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 
