...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...

...well known from its general prevalence and formidable character. Vasco de Gama, in his first voyage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, in 1497, lost 100 men out of 160 by this affection. James Cartier, in his second voyage to Newfoundland, in...

...well known from its general prevalence and formidable character. Vasco de Gama, in his first voyage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, in 1497, lost 100 men out of 160 by this affection. James Cartier, in his second voyage to Newfoundland, in...

...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...

...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...

...navigator, was born at Sines, in Portugal. To him belongs the merit of having discovered the route to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope in 1497. John III. of Portugal appointed him viceroy of India on the death of Albuquerque in 1524. He established...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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,"...