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 . o«« i-J4 63« <j & S^ O 5 5? ?» £.. £» ^ e E s 3 V)c S?.« 5» S-e t» o c o 3 It 22 S 5 ^ S 5 o S^ 5 o r* § V? S^^cl « ® c-c: ?3 T 2 s. ^ E ^ S«* s s J esj »% 2 sac*9 S ftf * 3 (^ 3 o yS The Pennsylvania-German Society. period was tlie accession to the throne of Spain (1516) of Charles, the son ofPhilip, arch-duke of Aus- Cf\l//(j 1/ / tria and gr


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 . o«« i-J4 63« <j & S^ O 5 5? ?» £.. £» ^ e E s 3 V)c S?.« 5» S-e t» o c o 3 It 22 S 5 ^ S 5 o S^ 5 o r* § V? S^^cl « ® c-c: ?3 T 2 s. ^ E ^ S«* s s J esj »% 2 sac*9 S ftf * 3 (^ 3 o yS The Pennsylvania-German Society. period was tlie accession to the throne of Spain (1516) of Charles, the son ofPhilip, arch-duke of Aus- Cf\l//(j 1/ / tria and grandson of(J \J W ^ / Ferdinand and Isabella. He, upon the death ofMaximilian, was electedemperor of Germany,^^thus for a time unitingthe interests of Spain andthe Fatherland.™ Autograph of Emperor Charles V. J- UC prCCariOUS C O n - (From Origrinal in the Dreer Collectiou.) dition of thc fiuaUCCS of •Spain, caused at the time by the drain of the unre-munerative acquisitions in the west, induced Charlesto look to the merchants of the powerful HanseaticLeague for assistance. Among those applied to werethe patrician families of Welser^^ and Fugger at


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