A SHIP OF THE TIME OF COLUMBUS.
(From The History of Everyday Things (Quennell),
by permission of Messrs. B. T. Batsford, Ltd.)
But except in Italy, these early promises of art and of literature have not been followed up. They are only now, that we leave the story, on the very edge of larger fulfilment. The Dark Ages are dispelled. The dawn comes glimmering out of Italy, northwards. And the scene of the story is being expanded vastly. Columbus has touched America. Da Gama has circled the Cape of Good Hope. The world as known to Western men is about to spread itself to far more than double its former size. We have come to a new world-stage with new plays and new players.
INDEX
Adrian, English Pope, [152]
Adrianople, battles at, [28], [220]
Africa, Count of, [34] et seq.
Agincourt, battle at, [199]