...which they became converted, and the causes that have produced their renegation. It is singular that the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope, instead of having promoted the great cause of Christian conversion, should have been the reason,...

...speculation and inquiry, and unexplored sources of prosperity and wealth, were continually expanding. * The discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope, transferred the lucrative commerce of that productive country from the Arabs to the Europeani....

...histories of the early periods of modern nations were originally written in the Italian language. Before the discovery of the passage to India, by the Cape of Good Hope, the Genoese and Venetians were the most active and enterprising nations on the globe, both for trade and manufactures....

...greatest among the great, the mother ol" the world, and the delight of the imagination.* 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, and is...

...India, which has been so much tlreaded, instead of impoverishing enriches the kingdom. VIII. It is 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...

...India, which has been so much dreaded, instead of impoverishing, enriches the kingdom. VIII. It is 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...

...India, which has been so much dreaded, instead of impoverishing, enriches the kingdom. VIII. It is 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...

...have been brought into view in the course of this work. In addition it may be observed, that before the discovery of the passage to India, by the Cape of Good Hope, all the productions of the east, that were distributed in Europe, came to Egyptian ports. Hence...

...India, which has been so much dreaded, instead of impoverishing enriches the kingdom. VIII. IT is 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...

...destruction of Fostat.* Though Cairo has lost its former splendour, and the opulence it enjoyed before the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope, its population is still considerable, and, in 1785, was estimated by Volney at two hundred and...