On the record
Unquestionably it prepared the way for the two greatest geographical discoveries of modern times,--the Cape of Good Hope, by Vasco da Gama, and the New World, by Christopher Columbus.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner credits a historical figure with paving the way for significant geographical discoveries.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
By Perpetual Peace Kant understood a condition of nations where there could be no fear of War; and this condition, he said, was demanded by reason, which, abhorring all War, as little adapted to establish right, must regard this final…
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
Other voices in this conversation
