Title: Voyages of the Elizabethan Seamen to America. Thirteen original narratives from the collection of Hakluyt, selected and edited, with historical narratives, by E. J. Payne.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It[...]
'Their fruits be diverse and plentiful, as nutmegs, ginger, long pepper, lemons, cucumbers, cocos, sago, with divers other sorts...' Scholar, spy, diplomat and supreme propagandist for Elizabethan sea power, Richard Hakluyt's accounts of famed explorers mythologised a nation growing rapidly aware of[...]
The freedom of the seas -- meaning both the oceans of the world and coastal waters -- has been among the most contentious issues in international law for the past four hundred years. The most influential argument in favour of freedom of navigation, trade, and fishing was that put forth by the Dutch [...]