| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 450 ÆäÀÌÁö
...recovered, or can recover itfeif. Thefe were the difcovery of America and that of the paflage to the Ealt Indies by the Cape of Good Hope. The former put Spain in poiTi-fflon of immenfe treafures ; which being gradually diftufed -all over Europe, foon called forth... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 458 ÆäÀÌÁö
...the Portuguese, excited 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 set sail from Lisbon oa the . ~ gth of July,... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 432 ÆäÀÌÁö
...the Portuguese, excited 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 set sail from Lisbon on the . -p Qth of... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 374 ÆäÀÌÁö
...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 ÆäÀÌÁö
...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 - 1805 - 684 ÆäÀÌÁö
...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 - 1806 - 150 ÆäÀÌÁö
...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 - 1808 - 308 ÆäÀÌÁö
...trade 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 - 1809 - 382 ÆäÀÌÁö
...• 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 - 1812 - 504 ÆäÀÌÁö
...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,... | |
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