A History of the Precious Metals, From the Earliest Times to the Present
A History of the Precious Metals, From the Earliest Times to the Present
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" It was in the year 149S that the Portuguese, under Vasco de Gama, made their way around the Cape. In 15 10, under Alboquerque, they treacherously seized the East Indian city of Goa, and leaving a gar- rison in it, sailed away to Malacca, which they had seen and coveted in 1508. This great city they treacherously and piratically captured. The superiority of their arms will be understood when it is stated that this act was committed by only eight Portuguese, assisted by two hundred Malabar nati...ves. They plundered Malacca of ' a booty so enormous that the Quinto, or fifth, of the King of Portugal amounted to 200, 000 gold cruzados, a sum equivalent to $5, 000, 000, ' exclusive of ships, naval stores, artillery, and other property. Malacca was at that time a vassal state of the Chinese Empire, and our first acquaint- ance with maritime Europe was, therefore, begun on its part by the greatest act of piracy the world has ever witnessed. Pizarro's plun- dering of Peru, committed a few years later, was nothing compared with it.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" It was in the year 149S that the Portuguese, under Vasco de Gama, made their way around the Cape. In 15 10, under Alboquerque, they treacherously seized the East Indian city of Goa, and leaving a gar- rison in it, sailed away to Malacca, which they had seen and coveted in 1508. This great city they treacherously and piratically captured. The superiority of their arms will be understood when it is stated that this act was committed by only eight Portuguese, assisted by two hundred Malabar nati...ves. They plundered Malacca of ' a booty so enormous that the Quinto, or fifth, of the King of Portugal amounted to 200, 000 gold cruzados, a sum equivalent to $5, 000, 000, ' exclusive of ships, naval stores, artillery, and other property. Malacca was at that time a vassal state of the Chinese Empire, and our first acquaint- ance with maritime Europe was, therefore, begun on its part by the greatest act of piracy the world has ever witnessed. Pizarro's plun- dering of Peru, committed a few years later, was nothing compared with it.
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