Download or read book A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Volume 2 written by Charles Prestwood Lucas and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Volume 2 By Charles Prestwood Lucas The overland trade routes through Syria and Egypt--by which Genoa, Venice, and the other city states of the Middle Ages had grown rich--had fallen in the main under Moslem control; and, accordingly, the growing nations of Europe began to take to the open sea. On the ocean, India can be reached from Europe either by going east or by going west. In the former case Africa comes in the way, in the latter America; and the position of these {8} two continents in the modern history of the world is, in their earliest stage, that of having been places on the road, not final goals.