Excerpt from A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies, Vol. 1: Translated From the FrenchThe commercial Itates have civilized all others. The Phoenicians, whol'e extent of country and in¿uence were extremely limited, by their genius for °naval enterprizes, acquired an importance which ranked them foremoft in the hiltory of ancient nations.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.