But though, in the end of the fifteenth century, the muslins and other cotton goods of the East Indies were much esteemed in every part of Europe, the cotton manufacture itself was not cultivated in any part of it.

但是，尽管在 15 世纪末，东印度群岛的细布和其他棉制品在欧洲各地都备受推崇，但欧洲任何地方都没有种植棉花制造业。