Man upon the sea : or, a history of maritime adventure, exploration, and discovery, from the earliest ages to the present time ... . ce. As long as thecentre of power, of luxury, of wealth, remains within the Medi-terranean, as long as Tyre, Sidon, Rome, Carthage, succes-sively control the destinies of the world, so long shall we findmankind lacking both the motive and the means to seek newworlds, by sea, beyond. Time, however, will furnish both themotive and the means: we shall find the one, as we proceed, inthe Spice Islands of the East, the other in the Mariners Com-pass. The next division
Man upon the sea : or, a history of maritime adventure, exploration, and discovery, from the earliest ages to the present time ... . ce. As long as thecentre of power, of luxury, of wealth, remains within the Medi-terranean, as long as Tyre, Sidon, Rome, Carthage, succes-sively control the destinies of the world, so long shall we findmankind lacking both the motive and the means to seek newworlds, by sea, beyond. Time, however, will furnish both themotive and the means: we shall find the one, as we proceed, inthe Spice Islands of the East, the other in the Mariners Com-pass. The next division of our, subject will narrate how thecontests between the Crescent and the Cross over the tomb ofChrist brought Europe and Asia into contact and acquaintance-ship; and how the commerce and intercourse which were theimmediate consequences led to that general and absorbing inte-rest in the sea and ships which eventually produced Columbusand Magellan. The influence of nutmeg and cinnamon uponthe spread of the gospel and the development of science is atheme which we shall show to be not unworthy of earnest andphilosophical SUPPOSED FORM OF THE SHIPS OF NEARCHUS.
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