...the Mahometans — AD 649. IV. The trade to India, from the conquest of Egypt by the Mahometans, to the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope— AD 1498. First. — The trade with India previous to the time of Alexander the Great. Previous...

...discovered Newfoundland, and explored the coast of North America from Labrador to the Gulf of Florida. The discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope was made in this reign. HENRY VIII. 1509. Henry VIII. was eighteen years of age when he began to reign....

...nearly all the inhabitants of that populous empire are clothed in cotton cloths of home manufacture. Before the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope, cotton wool is said to have been spun and woven in some of the Italian states, the traders of...

...Jews. From that period Alexandria, with its population and grandeur, began gradually to decay ; and the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope levelled a death-blow to the commerce of this city. The Jews in consequence evacuated it, so that,...

...crocodiles. These tremendous monsters, however, seem to be less frequent than formerly. 17. Previous to the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope, the Oriental commerce of Cairo was very extensive; but since that time it has greatly declined,...

...when they reflect the almost horizontal rays of the sun. t See " Jason," in a Classical Dictionary. j Before the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope, and when Constantinople and Alexandria were competitors for the commerce of the East, the way...

...leading to this unrivalled emporium, and continued thus, both under the Ptolemies and the Romans, until the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope. Science also, fostered by the munificence of the Ptolemies, retired from her ancient seat at...

...leading to this unrivalled emporium, and continued thus, both under the Ptolemies and the Romans, until the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope. Science also, fostered by the munificence of the Ptolemies, retired from her ancient seat at...

...V., emperor of Germany. 112. Margaret of Anjou, wife to Henry VI., and her son. 113. Lewis XIV. 114. The discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope, by which the trade of Venice was destroyed. 115. Catherine Parr, sixth wife to Henry VIII. 116....

...second time for her deliverance from Turkish bondage. " It is," says the last-mentioned writer, " to the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope, and to the vigour and success with which the Portuguese prosecuted their conquests, and established...