Author: MANCALL, PETER C
Title: Governing the sea in the early modern era : essays in honor of Robert C. Ritchie / edited by Peter C. Mancall and Carole Shammas
Description: San Marino. California : The Huntington Library. Art Collections. and Botanical Gardens 2015. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; viii. 326 pages. 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Summary; Early modern European governments and their subjects had difficulty agreeing to laws governing behavior on the sea - an environment that featured watery borders. rampant piracy. the threat of free trade. and the large-scale transportation of human cargo. The essays in this volume explore how the exploitation of the oceans changed the institution of slavery. long-distance trade. property crime. the environment. literature. and memory from medieval times to the nineteenth century. Subjects; Fishery management. International — Law and legislation — History. Piracy (International law) — History. Slavery — Law and legislation — History. ISBN: 0873282604. Weight in Kg appr.:

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