Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Asia, From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time, Vol. 2
WE have already seen, that India, from the ear liest ages, was viewed as a splendid and won derful region, and as the source of the rich est commodities produced in any part of the world. The modems, therefore, even prior to the discovery of the passage by the Cape, made repeatezl attempts to penetrate thither, and to establish a commercial intercourse.
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