Governing the Sea in the Early Modern Era: Essays in Honor of Robert C. Ritchie - Couverture rigide

Physical description; viii, 326 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Summary; Early modern European governments and their subjects had difficulty agreeing to laws governing behavior on the sea - an environment that featured watery borders, rampant piracy, the threat of free trade, and the large-scale transportation of human cargo. The essays in this volume explore how the exploitation of the oceans changed the institution of slavery, long-distance trade, property crime, the environment, literature, and memory from medieval times to the nineteenth century. Subjects; Fishery management, International - Law and legislation - History. Piracy (International law) - History. Slavery - Law and legislation - History.