 | John Mackintosh - Scotland - 1896 - 532 pages
...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 - Money - 1896 - 220 pages
...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... | |
 | Asia - 1899 - 926 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Spain - 1904 - 492 pages
...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 endeavors to prevent the Portuguese from establishing themselves in the... | |
 | Rudyard Kipling - Commonwealth countries - 1905 - 938 pages
...of the commercial fleets of the Italian republics, and the decadence of their trade, owing partly to the discovery of America and of a passage to the East Indies, and partly to internal troubles, had already given openings to other Powers. All these and other circumstances... | |
 | Albert Lee - Discoveries in geography - 1906 - 400 pages
...of Venice, sent ships in all directions ; while enterprise in other respects, such as the discovery of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, resulted in severe inroads on the monopoly of trade which was possessed by the famous city on the sea.... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 506 pages
...contributed most to the general defence 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... | |
 | Joseph Shield Nicholson - Great Britain - 1909 - 328 pages
...In Part III. of the same chapter Adam Smith discusses the advantages which Europe has derived from the discovery of America and of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope. These advantages may be divided into two groups : general and national. The general advantages are... | |
 | Joseph Shield Nicholson - Great Britain - 1909 - 324 pages
...of the same chapter Adam Smith discusses the advantages which Europe has derived from the discover)' of America and of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope. These advantages may be divided into two groups : general and national. The general advantages are... | |
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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. 
