Excerpt from Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Asia, From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time, Vol. 2 WE have already seen, that India, from the ear liest ages, was viewed as a splendid and won derful region, and as the source of the rich est commodities produced in any part of the world. The modems, therefore, even prior to the discovery of the passage by the Cape, made repeatezl attempts to penetrate thither, and to establish a commercial intercourse. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.