Mare clausum : 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 empire / written at first in Latin by ... John Selden, Esquire ; formerly translated into English, and now perfected and restored by J.H., Gent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Selden, John, 1584-1654.

Contributor:

Howell, James, 1594?-1666.

Nedham, Marchamont, 1620-1678.

Standardized Title:

Mare clausum. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Maritime law--Early works to 1800.

Maritime law.

Freedom of the seas--Early works to 1800.

Freedom of the seas.

Great Britain--Commercial policy--17th century.

Great Britain.

Venice (Italy)--Commercial policy--17th century.

Venice (Italy).

Venice (Italy)--Foreign relations.

Physical Description:

[30], 500 [i.e 482], [2], 37 p. : ill., maps.

Other Title:

Right and dominion of the sea.

Additional evidences concerning the right of soveraignty and dominion of the kings of Great Britain in the sea.

Dominium maris.

Dominion of the sea.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Andrew Kembe and Edward Thomas, and are to be sold at their shops ..., 1663.

Summary:

eebo-0171

Notes:

Translation 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.

Cited in:

Wing S2431