...embraced a wide range of territory ; her riches were immeasurable, and her resources various and powerful. From the Po to the eastern boundary of the Mediterranean and the Don, stretched her long line of close-linked maritime stations ; filled with the rich merchandise of...

...head of the Adriatic, she was able to collect into her storehouses the productions of every country, " and, in her long range of maritime stations, from...boundary of the Mediterranean, and the mouth of the D«n, to gather and disperse the merchandise of the entire known world." Nor was this the only advantage...

...the fifteenth century may be considered the epoch of the loftiest elevation of Venice. The discovery of Vasco di Gama and of Columbus had begun, indeed,...and in her long range of maritime stations, from the Fo to the eastern boundary of the Mediterranean and the mouth of the Don, she continued to gather and...

...head of the Adriatic, she was able to collect into her storehouses the productions of every country, " and, in her long range of maritime stations, from...boundary of the Mediterranean, and the mouth of the Don, to gather and disperse 'the merchandise of the entire known world." Nor was this the only advantage...