 | William Robertson - 1813 - 620 páginas
...who inherited the enterprising genius of his 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 important voyage. He gave... | |
 | Eliza Roberts - 1813 - 408 páginas
...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... | |
 | Charles Lloyd - 1815 - 258 páginas
...his youth. He had also a great deal of sagacity. Just about his ti«ve, 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 proceeding west, across the Atlantic Ocean.... | |
 | William Robertson - 1817 - 346 páginas
...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... | |
 | Samuel Phelps - 1818 - 634 páginas
...their mutual interests to support each other, and then this bond would not be likely to be dissolved. The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies, by the Cape of Good Hope, are certainly the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind. Their consequences... | |
 | William Robertson, Alexander Stewart - 1820 - 420 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Robertson, Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 610 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Robertson, Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 478 páginas
...who inherited the enterprising genius of his 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 important voyage. He gave the... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 686 páginas
...principal were silk, cloth of gold and silver, vessels of gold and silver, and glass. The discovery of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, the powerful league of Cambray, and other circumstances, weakened and gradually destroyed their commerce... | |
 | William Stevenson - 1824 - 674 páginas
...principal were silk, cloth of Sold and silver, vessels of gold and silver, and glass. The iscovery of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, the powerful league of Cambray, and other circumstances, weakened and gradually destroyed their commerce... | |
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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. 
