...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...

...boast of, it is certain that the Turks ultimately prevailed ; so that for some time it seemed scarce possible to resist them. What contributed also greatly...Venetian power was strong ; and in the beginning of the 16th century they maintained a war against almost the whole power of France, Germany, and Italy ; but...

...Imon-ledce to Ihrir eyes her ample poge, llicli with the spoils of time, diJ ne'er unroll." 3rdly. The discovery of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, which so deeply interested the public mind. -Ithly. The discovery (if America, which opened up a new...

...invention of the mariner's compass, which enabled trading vessels to make much longer voyages, and led to the discovery of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, with the settlements made on the coast of Africa, in Arabia, and in India, alfected very materially...

...de,) an illustrious Portuguese, bom at Sines, on the coast of Portugal, celebrated as the discoverer of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope. He set sail from the Tagus on the 8th of July, 1197, with three small vessels, with sixty men ; and...

...first bank was established at Venice, 1157,* which at this period was a place of great trade. Before the discovery of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, Venice was the resort of merchants from different parts of the world. — Look at its situation, and...

...seen by the Dutch when they landed on the Isle of France, at that time uninhabited, immediately after the discovery of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope. It was of a large size and singular form ; its wings short, like those of an Ostrich, and wholly incapable...

...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 lookplace. Their endeavours to prevent the Portuguese from establishing themselves in the...

...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...

...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...