 | William Robertson, Alexander Stewart - 1820 - 420 стор.
...fatal 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 стор.
...fatal 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 стор.
...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 command... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 стор.
...of the deluge. 22 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. 23 Those who fled to some marshes in the Adriatic gnlf, from the desolation... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 686 стор.
...of wealth; the 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... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 674 стор.
...wealth ; the 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 стор.
...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... | |
 | William Robertson - 1824 - 398 стор.
...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... | |
 | William Stevenson, Robert Kerr - 1824 - 706 стор.
...of wealth; the 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 ofGood Hope, the powerful league of Cambray, and other circumstances, weakened and gradually destroyed... | |
 | William Robertson - 1825 - 432 стор.
...fatal 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... | |
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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. 
