Of the dominion or ownership of the sea two books : in the first is shew'd that the sea, by the lavv of nature or nations, is not common to all men, but capable of private dominion or proprietie, as well as the land : in the second is proved that the dominion of the British sea, or that which incompasseth the isle of Great Britain is, and ever hath been, a part or appendant of the empire of that island writen at first in Latin, and entituled, Mare clausum, seu, De dominio maris, by John Selden, Esquire ; translated into English and set forth with som additional evidences and discourses, by Marchamont Nedham.
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Of the dominion or ownership of the sea two books : in the first is shew'd that the sea, by the lavv of nature or nations, is not common to all men, but capable of private dominion or proprietie, as well as the land : in the second is proved that the dominion of the British sea, or that which incompasseth the isle of Great Britain is, and ever hath been, a part or appendant of the empire of that island writen at first in Latin, and entituled, Mare clausum, seu, De dominio maris, by John Selden, Esquire ; translated into English and set forth with som additional evidences and discourses, by Marchamont Nedham.
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Selden, John, 1584-1654.
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London :: Printed by William Du-Gard ...,
1652.
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Maritime law -- Early works to 1800.
Freedom of the seas -- Early works to 1800.
Great Britain -- Commercial policy -- 17th century.
"Of the dominion or ownership of the sea two books : in the first is shew'd that the sea, by the lavv of nature or nations, is not common to all men, but capable of private dominion or proprietie, as well as the land : in the second is proved that the dominion of the British sea, or that which incompasseth the isle of Great Britain is, and ever hath been, a part or appendant of the empire of that island writen at first in Latin, and entituled, Mare clausum, seu, De dominio maris, by John Selden, Esquire ; translated into English and set forth with som additional evidences and discourses, by Marchamont Nedham." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A59088.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.
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XV.
FIfteenthly the Iönians were neighboring Lords of the Sea. Concerning them Thucydides saith, uA good while after, (to wit after the power of the Co∣rinthians by Sea) the power and interest of Navigation was in the hand of the Iönians, in the time of Cyrus the first King of the Persians, and of his son Cambyses; Andxcontending also with Cyrus, they injoyed their own Sea for som time. where the old Scholiast add's by way of observation, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, the neighbor∣ing Sea; but not all.