The Development of AmericaAmerican Book Company, 1936 - 772 pages |
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... East , the merchants of Venice , Genoa , Milan , and other Italian cities built up a profitable trade between the East and the West . The Italian merchants had their agents at Alexandria , Constantinople , Damascus , and other Eastern ...
... East , the merchants of Venice , Genoa , Milan , and other Italian cities built up a profitable trade between the East and the West . The Italian merchants had their agents at Alexandria , Constantinople , Damascus , and other Eastern ...
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... Eastern trade . The medieval trade routes led through the Mediterranean . The Portuguese , however , now became interested in the possibility of trading with the lands of the East by sailing around Africa . They wanted to find a water ...
... Eastern trade . The medieval trade routes led through the Mediterranean . The Portuguese , however , now became interested in the possibility of trading with the lands of the East by sailing around Africa . They wanted to find a water ...
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... East and had a determination to reach that land of plenty . He maintained that the world is round and that the East could be reached by sailing west . This belief was not original with him , and his ideas were no more advanced than ...
... East and had a determination to reach that land of plenty . He maintained that the world is round and that the East could be reached by sailing west . This belief was not original with him , and his ideas were no more advanced than ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Chronological Outline xi | 2 |
Europe and Neighboring Lands | 8 |
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