The freedom of the seas : historically treated /
Piggott, Francis Taylor,1852-1925,author.
Great Britain.Foreign Office.Historical Section.
At head of title: Published for the Historical Section of the Foreign Office.
Introductory. -- The Treaty of Utrecht, 1713, and the maxim "free ships free goods". -- The Silesian loan, 1752-3. -- The seven years war, 1756-63. -- The war of American Independence, 1776-83. -- The first armed neutrality, 1780. -- The period between the first and second armed neutralities. -- The second armed neutrality, 1800. -- Napoleon and "La liberté des mers." -- Abandonment of the armed neutrality principles.
Maritime law.
Freedom of the seas.
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