 | James Thomson - 1861 - 480 стор.
...of the Deluge. ,l, 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. J Those who fled to some marshes in the Adriatic Gulf, from the desolation... | |
 | Robert Isaac Wilberforce - 1861 - 268 стор.
...describe it as a " head of gold," shall now be mentioned. Till the improvements in navigation opened a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, the Persian Gulf was the great channel through which all traffic from the East flowed into the western... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1875 - 808 стор.
...to have been beneficial to all, ruinous and destructive to several of those unfortunate countries. The discovery of a passage to the East Indies, by the Cape of Good Hope, which happened much about the same time, opened, perhaps, a still more extensive range to foreign commerce... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1880 - 274 стор.
...art, which increase the real revenue and wealth of all the different countries in Europe, pp. 20,21. The discovery of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope opens a still more extensive range to foreign commerce than even that of America. The inhabitants of... | |
 | James Thomson - 1880 - 548 стор.
...system of the Deluge. 3 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. 3 Those who fled to some marshes in the Adriatic gulf, from the desolation... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1894 - 526 стор.
...Colonies. PART III. Of the Advantages which Europe has derived from the Discovery of America, and from that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope.] VIII. Conclusion of the Mercantile System (in 3rd ed.) . . . 233 IX. Of the Agricultural Systems, or... | |
 | John Mackintosh - 1896 - 532 стор.
...subject of colonies ; the advantages which Europe has derived from the discovery of America, and from the discovery of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, and treaties of commerce. He discusses the mercantile system then in vogue with great force, and exposed... | |
 | Langford Lovell Price - 1896 - 220 стор.
...conclusion of his long chapter upon colonies Adam Smith remarks l that " 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." It would certainly... | |
 | 1899 - 926 стор.
...years, with a view to their being rightly used and not misused. " The discovery of America and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope," Adam Smith averred in 1775, "are the two most important events recorded in the history of mankind,"... | |
 | SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS, BART. - 1901 - 448 стор.
...contributed most to the general defense and support of the whole. 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. Their consequences... | |
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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. 
