The inaugural oration, spoken on the 4th day of November 1815, at the ceremony of laying the first stone of the London Institution for the Diffusion of Science and Literature / By Charles Butler.

  • Butler, Charles, 1750-1832.
Date:
1816
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Credit: The inaugural oration, spoken on the 4th day of November 1815, at the ceremony of laying the first stone of the London Institution for the Diffusion of Science and Literature / By Charles Butler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    On land, this commerce was managed by Caravans: some took a northern, others, a southern route. The former passed through the Great Desert, Kashgar, Samarcand, and the northern limits of Persia, into Syria, where they were met by the Merchants of Europe. The whole journey took up 243 days ; but a great proportion of the commodity was purchased, on its passage, by the Merchants of Nisibis and Armenia. The southern route led the cara¬ vans, through the mountains of Thibet, to the Merchants of Europe, who met them in the Guzzerat. The trade by sea was carried on in ships, which sailed from the Eastern ports of China, to Malacca and Achem, the Promontory of Sumatra; and, sometimes to Ceylon, the Tapro- bane of the Antients. There, they were met by the mercantile fleets, which sailed from the Persian Gulph and the adjacent countries ,* and these transmitted the freights to the Ports of Europe. In the reign of the Emperor Justinian, Silk worms were introduced into Europe. Phis was not the only instance of his atten¬ tion to Commerce. A general encouragement of