Of the dominion, or, ownership of the sea two booksIn 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 landIn 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 islandWritten at first in Latin, and entituled, Mare clausum seu, De dominio maris, by John Selden ..Translated into English; and set forth with som additional evidences and discourses . AN ADVERTISEME
Of the dominion, or, ownership of the sea two booksIn 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 landIn 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 islandWritten at first in Latin, and entituled, Mare clausum seu, De dominio maris, by John Selden ..Translated into English; and set forth with som additional evidences and discourses . AN ADVERTISEMENT TO THE readder: * ThoHght it fitting not to inJiruB^hut rather to remember tbeH^a^der, that this Sea, over n^hichthe Venetians challenge So^vereigntie and Dominion, bee^ing commonly called the Gulf, u nothing el/hitC,a large Baj or inlet of the Sea, yi>hich enteringin betvpixt tVDO lands , and fevering them formany miles countinuance, in the end receivsajlop or interruption of further pajfage ^ byan oppofte fhore, vphich joins both the faidlands together. It is called the Gulf of Ve-mcQ J from the Qtieof Venice-, Jituated uponcertain broken If anas near unto the bottomthereof. It is alfo called the Adriatick Sea>from the antient Citie of Adrh, lying not far i (t/iaaa I dijiant To the Reader. dijlant from the former. From the entrancethereof unto the bottom^ it contemns in lengthabout 600 Italian miles: v^here it is broadeji^ itu\6omilesover ^ in others but So, in the fouthyi^eH/here of it is bounded by theProvinces of Puglia, and^ Abruzzo in theKingd
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