The Works of M. de Voltaire: Ancient and modern history, chap. I-CLIJ. Newbery, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, S. Crowder, T. Davies, J. Coote, G. Kearsley, and B. Collins, at Salisbury, 1761 |
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Trang 188 - Ariftotle's was quoted on this occafion, which he never wrote. Some found out a conformity between fome words in the Caribbee and Hebrew languages, and did not fail to follow fo fine an opening. Others were pofitive that the children of Noah, after fettling in Siberia...
Trang 189 - But mankind delight todojuftice totheilluftrious dead, either from a vain hope that they enhance thereby the merit of the living, or that they are naturally fond of truth.
Trang 195 - Spaniards gave no security to foreign merchants for the performance of their contracts ; a mutual credit, without which there never could have been any commerce, supplies the place of other obligations. The manner in which the Spaniards for a long time consigned the gold and silver to foreigners, which was brought home by their galleons, was still more surprising.
Trang 197 - Columbus, after having built feveral houfes on thefe iflands, and difcovered the continent, returned to Spain, where he enjoyed a reputation unfullied by rapine or cruelty, and died at Valladolid in 1506. But the governors of Cuba and Hifpaniola, who fucceeded him, being perfuaded that thefe provinces furnimed gold, refolved to make the difcovery at the price of the lives of the inhabitants.
Trang 194 - Isabella, and afterwards confirmed by Charles V. and all the kings of Spain, all other nations were not only excluded the entrance into any of the ports in...
Trang 184 - Genoa, which was his native country, treated his schemes as visionary, and by that means lost the only opportunity that could have offered of aggrandizing her power Henry VII. king of England, who was too greedy of money to hazard any on this noble attempt, would not listen to the proposals made by Columbus's brother ; and Columbus himself was rejected by John II. of Portugal, whose attention was wholly employed upon the coast of Africa. He had no prospect of success in applying to the French, whose...
Trang 191 - America ? Or how is the honour of the Italian nation injured in owning, that .it was to an Italian, born...
Trang 185 - Genoese to these people would not suffer Columbus to apply to the rivals of his country, or that the Venetians had no idea of any thing more important than the trade they carried on from Alexandria and in the Levant, Columbus at length fixed all his hopes on the court of Spain. Ferdinand, king of Arragon, and...
Trang 188 - America, and carried over lions with them for their diverfion, though there are no lions either in China or Japan. In this manner have many learned men argued upon the difcoveries made by men of genius. If it...