 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1868 - 716 Seiten
...peculiarly his own), Australia discovered. " Such were the stupendous results," to use Mr. Major's words, " of a great thought and of indomitable perseverance,...occurred before these mighty events would have been realised ; for it must be borne in mind that the ardour not only of his own sailors, but of surrounding... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1868 - 1066 Seiten
...peculiarly his own), Australia discovered. " Such were the stupendous results," to use Mr. Major's words, " of a great thought and of indomitable perseverance,...occurred before these mighty events would have been realised ; for it must be borne in mind that the ardour not only of his own sailors, but of surrounding... | |
 | 1868 - 716 Seiten
...years of costly failure and disheartening ridicule. As Mr. Major observes, "hud that failure and th«t ridicule produced on Prince Henry the effect which...would have occurred before these mighty events would hare been realised ; for it must be borne in mind that the ardour, not only of his own sailors, but... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1867 - 670 Seiten
...peculiarly his own), Australia discovered. " Such were the stupendous results," to use Mr. Major's words, " of a great thought and of indomitable perseverance,...occurred before these mighty events would have been realised ; for it must be borne in mind that the ardour not only of his own _sailors. but of surrounding... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1868 - 580 Seiten
...peculiarly his own), Australia discovered. " Such were the stupendous results," to use Mr. Major's words, " of a great thought and of indomitable perseverance,...occurred before these mighty events would have been realised ; for it must be borne in mind that the ardour not only of his own sailors, but of surrounding... | |
 | Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - 1899 - 382 Seiten
...; the sea-way to India, the Moluccas, and China laid open ; the Globe circumnavigated and Australia discovered : such were the stupendous results of a...occurred before these mighty events would have been realised ; for it must be borne in mind that the ardour not only of his own sailors, but of surrounding... | |
 | Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - 1899 - 384 Seiten
...Globe circumnavigated and Australia discovered : such were the 1886 PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR 169 stupendous results of a great thought and of indomitable...occurred before these mighty events would have been realised ; for it must be borne in mind that the ardour not only of his own sailors, but of surrounding... | |
 | Albert Frederick Calvert - 1902 - 334 Seiten
...disclosed, the sea-way to India, the Moluccas and China laid open, the globe circumnavigated, and China and New Zealand discovered, such were the stupendous...would have been realized; for it must be borne in mind that the ardour, not only of his own sailors, but of surrounding nations, owed its impulse to this... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - 1903 - 588 Seiten
...stupendous issue of a great thought and of indomitable perseverance, in spite of twelve years [1420-1432] of costly failure and disheartening ridicule. Had...have been realized ; for it must be borne in mind that the ardor, not only of his own soldiers, but of surrounding nations, owed its impulse to this... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 702 Seiten
...personality is strongly to credit for the success of his couriers, for, as his biographer Major? has said : " Had that failure and that ridicule produced on Prince...occurred before these mighty events would have been realised ; for it must be borne in mind that the ardour, not only of his own sailors, but of surrounding... | |
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Australia discovered : such were the stupendous results of a great thought and of indomitable perseverance in spite of twelve years of costly failure and disheartening ridicule. Had that failure and that ridicule produced on Prince Henry the effect which... 
