The Fatherland: (1450-1700) : showing the part it bore in the discovery, exploration and development of the western continent with special reference to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; ptIof a narrative and critical history, prepared at the reque . destined ultimately to prove an active agent inthe settlement of Pennsylvania and the adjacent colo-nies by the yeomanry of Germany. Another important incident which falls within this *^ Never did the Venetians believe the power ot their country to bemore firmly established, or rely with greater confidence on the continu-ance and increase of its o
The Fatherland: (1450-1700) : showing the part it bore in the discovery, exploration and development of the western continent with special reference to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; ptIof a narrative and critical history, prepared at the reque . destined ultimately to prove an active agent inthe settlement of Pennsylvania and the adjacent colo-nies by the yeomanry of Germany. Another important incident which falls within this *^ Never did the Venetians believe the power ot their country to bemore firmly established, or rely with greater confidence on the continu-ance and increase of its opulence, than toward theclose of the fifteenthcentury, when two events happened that proved fatal to both, viz., thediscovery ol America and the opening of a direct course to the EastIndies by the way of the Cape of Good Hope. ^ Robertson, AncientIndia, p. 130.) ^ Ibid, America, Book, i, p. 79. * Lucas Rem, (1481-1541) was a factor or agent of the Welser Com-pany from 1499 to 1517, mainly at Lisbon. Later he became a partnerin the firm of Endres, Rem & Company, and Chef of Endres & Lucasden Remen. His mother and daughter-in-law were both members ofthe Welser family. 68 Welserziige in America, p. 29. THE FEN/N5YLUANlA-GERnA/N HARTIN LUTHER. (BORM NOU. 10. IW3. DIED FES. 18. 15*6.) FROn rniNTINQ by LUCnS CRANACH in the riMRKOTHEK AT MUNICH.
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