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Hugo Grotius' Theory of Trans-Oceanic Trade Regulation: Revisiting Mare Liberum (1609)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2010

Peter Borschberg
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The setting is 25 February 1603. At dawn the three ships under the supreme command of Jakob van Heemskerk spot a Portuguese carrack in anchor off the Eastern shores of Singapore Island. She was richly laden with wares from China and Japan. The battle for the carrack lasted for most hours of daylight, and as night was about to fall, the Portuguese captain, crew, soldiers and passengers surrendered. They forfeited ship and cargo for having their lives spared.

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Itinerario , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , November 2005 , pp. 31 - 53
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Copyright © Research Institute for History, Leiden University 2005

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