 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - English literature - 1802 - 322 pages
...system of the deluge. J Venice was the most flourishing city in Europe, with regard to trade, before the passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, and America, were discovered. Inspir'd by ME, thro' the dark ages kept 295 Of MY old Roman flame some... | |
 | CHARLES MAYO, L.L.B - 1804 - 586 pages
...sumptuous palaces and 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 / ยป were deprived of their sources of wealth: and those nobles whose ancestors... | |
 | James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 236 pages
...indissoluble chains : * Venice was the most flourishing city in Europe, with regird to trade, before the passage to the East Indies, by the Cape of Good Hope, and America were discovered The softer shackles of luxurious ease They likewise added, to secure their... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Chronology, Historical - 1804 - 372 pages
...feelings and his better judgment. . A TJ In the second year of his reign, Di I ^ 97 ." 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,... | |
 | James Thomson, Thomas Park - 1808 - 444 pages
...system of the deluge. '' venice was the most flourishing city in Europe, with regard to trade, before the passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope and America, was discovered. M Those who fled to some marshes in the Adriatic gnlph, from the desolation... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 538 pages
...the deluge. Ver. 393. Venice was the most flourishing city in Europe, with regard to trade, before the passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, and America were discovered. Ver. 294. Those who fled to some marches in the Adriatic gulf, from the... | |
 | John Leeds Bozman - America - 1811 - 404 pages
...thought it proper to erect, what is styled by historians, the Dutch East India Company. The great length of the passage to the East Indies, by the Cape of Good Hope, being productive of many inconveniences, the company became anxious, as indeed all the rest of Europe... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 544 pages
...expired Dec. 5, 1798.1 GAMA (VASCO, or VASQUEZ DI), an illustrious Portugueze, is immortalized by his discovery of the passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope. The maritime town of Sines in Portugal was the place of his birtb, . his family was good, but not noble,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 548 pages
...expired Dec. 5, 1798.i GAMA (VASCO, or VASQUEZ DI), an illustrious Portuguese, is immortalized by his discovery of the passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope. The maritime town of Sines in Portugal was the place of his hirth, his family was good, but not noble,... | |
 | Charles Lloyd - Africa - 1815 - 258 pages
...youth. He had also a great deal of sagacity. Just about his time, the Portuguese were in search of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope. It occurred to him that the same object might be attained by proCf^ing west, across the Atlantic Ocean.... | |
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The discovery of America, and that of the passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest events recorded in the history of mankind. 
