02434nam 2200481Ia 450 99639325520331620221108073300.0(CKB)3810000000006374(EEBO)2248564101(OCoLC)12596657(EXLCZ)99381000000000637419850924d1663 uy |engurbn||||a|bb|Mare clausum[electronic resource] the right and dominion of the sea in two books : in the first the sea is proved by the law of nature and nations not to be common to all men, but to be susceptible of private dominion and propriety as well as the land : in the second it is asserted that the most serene King of Great Britain is the lord and proprietor of the circumfluent and surrounding sea as an inseparable and perpetual appendix of the British empirewritten at first in Latin by ... John Selden, Esquire ; formerly translated into English, and now perfected and restored by J.H., GentLondon Printed for Andrew Kembe and Edward Thomas, and are to be sold at their shops ...1663[30], 500 [i.e 482], [2], 37 p. ill., mapsTranslation of: Mare clausum.The English translation, by Marchamont Nedham, was first published as: Of the dominion or ownership of the sea. 1652."Additional evidences concerning the right of soveraignty and dominion of the kings of Great Britain in the sea" (p. [461]-500), and "Dominium maris, or, The dominion of the sea" (37 p. at end) have special title pages.Errata on p. [7].Advertisement on p. [7].Reproduction of original in University of Michigan Libraries.eebo-0171Maritime lawEarly works to 1800Freedom of the seasEarly works to 1800Great BritainCommercial policy17th centuryVenice (Italy)Commercial policy17th centuryVenice (Italy)Foreign relationsMaritime lawFreedom of the seasSelden John1584-1654.514618Howell James1594?-1666.508777Nedham Marchamont1620-1678.1001152EAAEAAm/cEAAWaOLNBOOK996393255203316Mare clausum2323455UNISA