...modes of thinking, had taken place between the eastern and western parts of this continent ; and until the discovery of the passage round the Cape of Good Hope, the geography of the eastern parts of Asia was as little known as their history ; a circumstance which...

...rapidity. The interference of the European powers became a fertile source of further changes. After the discovery of the passage round the cape of Good Hope, the Portuguese began to trade to Hindostan, and established settlements on its western coast, partly by...

...and enriched Venice and Genoa until the Portugueze deprived them of that grand source of wealth by the discovery of the passage round the Cape of Good Hope. The Portugueze for a short time enjoyed this profitable monopoly, which they were soon obliged to share...

...The body was afterwards dug up by the relations, and buried in the usual manner. Antwerp. — After the discovery of the passage round the Cape of Good Hope, the Portuguese established their warehouses in Brabant ; and the gums and spices of Calicut were exposed...

...it — the fleets of Rome and Carthage sustained their deadly struggles upon its waters ; and, until the discovery of the passage round the Cape of Good Hope, the commerce of the world passed through the ports of the Mediterranean. If we go back to ancient ages,...

...passages formed the only roots of sea communication between the eastern world and the western, until the discovery of the passage round the Cape of Good Hope. The easterly passages between the Sunda isles, lead directly to the Indian ocean, and the sea of Java extends...

...it — the fleets of Rome and Carthage, sustained their deadly struggles upon its waters ; and until the discovery of the passage round the Cape of Good Hope, the commerce of the world passed through the ports of the Mediterranean. 5. If we go back to ancient ages,...

...celebrating Y its wealth, fertility, and beauty, both in their history and romance. Some years before the discovery of the passage round the Cape of Good Hope, the coasts of Ceylon were ravaged by piratical adventurers from the shores of Arabia and Malabar ; their...

...properties of the species of Indigofera without having ever been in communication with India. Before the discovery of the passage round the Cape of Good Hope, the whole trade in indigo to Europe passed through Aleppo ;* and after the discovery of America, this branch...

...dearness of it would render it more highly prized by the proud and wealthy of Rome. From this period until the discovery of the passage round the Cape of Good Hope, the Red Sea and the Pambam passage continued to be the channel for the trade between the eastern and western...