...blaze Resplendent shine, for I will chant the praise Of Lusian chiefs. — Camofiu' "Lusiad," 1, Hi.9 The discovery of America and that of a passage to...important events recorded in the history of mankind. — Adam Smith. ON July 8, 1497, the whole population of Lisbon was gathered on the banks of the Tagus....

...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...

...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...

...Colonies. Part III. Of the Advantages which Europe has derived from the Diseovery of America, and from that of a Passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Oood Hope. Chap. VIII. Conclusion of the Mercantile System. Chap. IX. Of the Agricultural Systems,...

...were performed, and scurvy promptly commenced to appear among the seamen. Vasco da Gama first found a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope in 1497, and 100 out of his 160 men died of scurvy. The first account of scurvy among seamen is to...

...blaze Resplendent shine, for I will chant the praise Of Lusian chiefs. —Camoens' "Lusiad" I, Hi.9 The discovery of America and that of a passage to...important events recorded in the history of mankind. — Adam Smith. ON July 8, 1497, the whole population of Lisbon was gathered on the banks of the Tagus....

...proclaimed it in the birth year of the American Republic: "The discovery of America, and that of the passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest events recorded in the history of mankind."2 Today, as this vision shoulders aside a rival that claims...

...generally favourable, to turn this non-committal passage into an ex cathedra historical pronouncement: 'the discovery of America, and that of a passage to...most important events recorded in .the history of mankind'.3 But in what, precisely, did their importance lie ? As the candidates for Raynal's essay...

...Gomara's assertion, the Scottish economist Adam Smith said in his work The Wealth of Nations that, "The discovery of America, and that of a passage to...important events recorded in the history of mankind." . \P.\I I> IH ll * .. !>»,. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Seville was the European...

...whose title is "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." The discussion of the benefits accruing to Europe "considered as one great country" is in fact dwarfed...