The world: historical and actual . with a large portion of his took the pillars of Hercules for her portion,and that gateway to the Mediterranean has provedthe very key to maritime, and, largely, to Europeansupremacy. Austria acquired by the treaty of 3io CATHOLIC SPAIN. Ltrecht as her share of Spanish plunder. Xaples,Sardinia. Milan, and what remained to it in thevriauds. Sicily wa- _ S v. The reign of Philip was a long one. He held the scepter un-til 174j. The country improved somewhat underhim. The loss of possessions in Europe beyondthe national limits of the kingdom was hi
The world: historical and actual . with a large portion of his took the pillars of Hercules for her portion,and that gateway to the Mediterranean has provedthe very key to maritime, and, largely, to Europeansupremacy. Austria acquired by the treaty of 3io CATHOLIC SPAIN. Ltrecht as her share of Spanish plunder. Xaples,Sardinia. Milan, and what remained to it in thevriauds. Sicily wa- _ S v. The reign of Philip was a long one. He held the scepter un-til 174j. The country improved somewhat underhim. The loss of possessions in Europe beyondthe national limits of the kingdom was highly bene-ficial. Philip V. was succeeded by Ft: I. This are told, during all that period. He was not popu-lar, however. The clerical influence was entirelyand bitterly hostile. The priests kept the peoplefrom sympathy with progressive and reformatory-When Charles IV. came to the throne, 17SS, the- - - --umed their former sway over theaffairs of state. It was this king who in 1795 cededto France. Eastern Hayti. The year following. weak and inefficient sovereign wore the crown tiiir-years. During that period the country de-clined once more. At the time he came to thethrone war was being waged bet- _ I i>ow- : Europe, as usual, but two years after lue : Aix-la-Chapel lc wa* after that Ferdinand lived in peace. He couldnot be induced by even the ribraltar mor-: _ neral war which raged. At the death of Ferdinand. Charles III.,brother, came to the throne. For twenty-nine vearshe occupied the throne, and tried to improve thecondition of the country. The Inquisition was heldin check. Only three victims were burned bv . an alliance with France was negotiated which re-sulted in enabling Xapoleon to employ the mili-tary and naval forces of Spain to further his ownambitious designs and, ultimately, to appropriatethe kingdom itself. In the great naval battle ofTrafalgar Lord Nelson very nearly annihilated theSpanish fleet. About that time Trinidad was lost 3 ain, and acqu
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