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Mare Liberum (or The Freedom of the Seas) is a book in Latin on international law written by the Dutch jurist and philosopher Hugo Grotius, first published in 1609.In The Free Sea, Grotius formulated the new principle that the sea was international territory and all nations were free to use it for seafaring trade.
This is a list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland for the year 1609. It lists acts of Parliament of the old Parliament of Scotland, that was merged with the old Parliament of England to form the Parliament of Great Britain, by the Union with England Act 1707 (c. 7). For other years, see list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland.
An Act for the explanation of a proviso or branch of a statute contained in an act of parliament made in the years of the reign of our sovereign lord King James, of England, France and Ireland the Fourth, and of Scotland the Fortieth, intituled, "An Act for the establishment and assurance of divers of the possessions and hereditaments of ...
Between the end of the 15th century up until the 17th century various powers claimed sovereignty over parts of the sea. In 1609, Dutch jurist and philosopher Hugo Grotius wrote what is considered the foundation of international legal doctrine regarding the seas and oceans – Mare Liberum, a Latin title that translates to "freedom of the seas". [2]
John Fry, son of William Fry of Iwerne Minster, was born in 1609.He was Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury in the Long and Rump Parliaments, sat through most of the trial of King Charles I, but did not take part in the sentencing, having been suspended from membership of the House of Commons and debarred from sitting on the High Court for heterodoxy on 26 January 1649, one day before the ...
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Santa Catarina was a Portuguese merchant ship, a 1500-ton carrack, [1] that was seized by the Dutch East India Company (also known as VOC) on 25 February 1603 off Singapore. She was such a rich prize that her sale proceeds increased the capital of the VOC by more than 50%. [ 2 ]
The flagship Sea Venture is separated from the other vessels and irreparably damaged by the storm. Late August 1609; Eight of nine [disputed – discuss] English ships bound for Virginia arrive safely at Jamestown under the assumption that the flagship Sea Venture, carrying Captain Christopher Newport and Sir Thomas Gates, had been lost at sea ...