What is the earliest mention of use of spyglass by seafarers? There several mentions of the early spyglass use are presented, 1) 19 November 1614 during the battle between Portuguese and French it is said that one of the Portuguse officers was looking through the porthole with a "hum oculo de longa vista" ("a glass for seeing at the distance")
contemporary history - Why was Apple not able to compete with Microsoft . . . He acquired a CP M-knock off OS, 86-DOS, for an absurdly low sum, and then used the product he had essentially obtained for free to undercut Digital Research's CP M Windows Internet Explorer was originally licensed to Microsoft by Spyglass for a royalty on every copy sold Gates bundled it for free with every copy of Windows 95, which means he