 | H. Martin - 356 pàgines
...secured by their favourable position the monopoly of the trade with India and the East. Afterwards, when the discovery of the route to India by the Cape of Good Hope opened up the eastern seas to Portugal, Holland and England, these countries made great progress... | |
 | 1866 - 774 pàgines
...could not be sold in the Roman market under fifty-six times its prime cost. Immediately previous to the discovery of the route to India by the Cape of Good Hope, we find that the price of pepper in the markets of Europe had fallen to (is. a pound, or 3s.... | |
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Immediately previous to the discovery of the route to India by the Cape of Good Hope, we find that the price of pepper in the markets of Europe had fallen to 6s. 
