The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 195
... CLAIMS TO SOVEREIGNTY OF SEA 195 to appropriate or to exercise dominion over vast areas of the ocean and the restriction of commerce and navigation therein , the right to sea fisheries , inshore as well as deep sea , and the limits of ...
... CLAIMS TO SOVEREIGNTY OF SEA 195 to appropriate or to exercise dominion over vast areas of the ocean and the restriction of commerce and navigation therein , the right to sea fisheries , inshore as well as deep sea , and the limits of ...
Page 196
... claims the appearance of a legal basis as being appurtenant to ownership , and the principles laid down for the Mediterranean extended to other seas.2 The English claim was probably at first based on the ground of protecting commerce ...
... claims the appearance of a legal basis as being appurtenant to ownership , and the principles laid down for the Mediterranean extended to other seas.2 The English claim was probably at first based on the ground of protecting commerce ...
Page 539
... Claims over straits persisted much longer ; thus Danish claims to levy tolls in the Sound continued till the middle of the nineteenth century and the Dardanelles and Bosphorus have re- mained subject to important restrictions until ...
... Claims over straits persisted much longer ; thus Danish claims to levy tolls in the Sound continued till the middle of the nineteenth century and the Dardanelles and Bosphorus have re- mained subject to important restrictions until ...
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