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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Italians possessed was not built up in a day; and under the mediaeval system of mystery and secrecy respecting trade but little of it had been transmitted. Of a consequence we find that Italy, as represented by individuals, in a sense directed the progress of the Discoveries. The detailed demonstration of this statement would make a long story; but a few of the best-known cases, several of which will appear in later chapters, may be cited by way of illustration. Prince Henry of Portugal is supposed to have derived, through his brother, considerable information from Italian sources; and, farther back, a Genoese, Pezagno, became admiral of Portugal. The brothers Vivaldi discovered the Azores and Madeiras; Cada- mosto operated under Prince Henry; the thirteenth-century journeys of the Poli took them to China. Two of the greatest discoverers were a Genoese and a Venetian, ? Columbus and John Cabot. Men of lesser fame were Verrazano, Sebastian Cabot, Amerigo Vespucci, Pigafetta, Toscanelli; not to mention many others, pilots, map-makers, travelers, and the like.1 If, now, some such list be compared with one made up from names of any other single nationality, however actively the latter may have been engaged in the operations of the early period, it will not suffer in comparison. This is perfectly natural, and in the order of events; for human progress depends always upon the accumulation of knowledge, experiences, and dexterities. The Italians knew, and the westerners were ignorant; the latter had to secure their footing under the guidance of the former before they were able to work out their destiny upon the different lines determined by newly invaded areas and newly experienced conditions of nature. Summary Of The Conditions Of Colonization Preceding The Discoveries Before pro...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217817295 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217817297 |
| Weight | 1.87 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.30 In |
| List Price | $34.61 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 584 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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