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Freedom of the seas

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• Mare liberum
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• The Freedom of the Seas: or, The Right Which Belongs to the Dutch to Take Part in the East Indian Trade (New York: Oxford University Press, 1916), by Hugo Grotius, trans. by Ralph Van Deman Magoffin (PDF at McMaster)
• The Soveraignty of the British Seas, Proved by Records, History, and the Municipal Laws of This Kingdom: Written in the Year 1633 (London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1739), by John Borough (multiple formats at Google)
• The Sovereignty of the British Seas: Written in the Year 1633 (Edinburgh: W. Green and Son, Ltd., 1920), by John Borough, ed. by Thomas Callander Wade (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Maritime Neutrality to 1780: A History of the Main Principles Governing Neutrality and Belligerency to 1780 (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1936), by Carl J. Kulsrud (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Freedom of the Seas: The Sinking of the William P. Frye (prepared for Col. E. M. House; 1918), ed. by Sidney Edward Mezes, contrib. by Horace S. Oakley
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• An Essay Concerning the Laws of Nations, and the Rights of Soveraigns (London: Printed for R. Baldwin, 1694), by Matthew Tindal (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Some Neglected Aspects of War; Together With The Power That Makes for Peace, and The Capture of Private Property at Sea (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1907), by A. T. Mahan, contrib. by Henry S. Pritchett and Julian Stafford Corbett
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, Transmitting Sundry Statements, in Relation to the Expenditure of Appropriations, to Reward the Officers and Crews of Certain Vessels for Captures Made During the Late War With Great Britain (Washington: Printed by E. De Krafft, 1819), by United States Navy (HTML at Wayback Machine)

• Reports of Cases in Prize, Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States, for the Southern District of New York, 1861-'65 (Washington: GPO, 1866), ed. by Samuel Blatchford
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Visitation and Search: or, An Historical Sketch of the Brtish Claim to Exercise a Maritime Police Over the Vessels of All Nations, in Peace As Well As in War; With an Inquiry Into the Expediency of Terminating the Eighth Article of the Ashburton Treaty (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1858), by William Beach Lawrence
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Instructions for the Guidance of the Captains and Commanding Officers of Her Majesty's Ships of War Employed in the Suppression of the Slave Trade (2 volumes; London: Printed for HMSO by Harrison and Sons, 1892), by Great Britain Admiralty
  • Volume I: page images at Florida
  • Volume II: page images at Florida
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Consulate of the Sea, and Related Documents, ed. by Stanley S. Jados (PDF files at Libro)
• The Freedom of the Seas: or, The Right Which Belongs to the Dutch to Take Part in the East Indian Trade (New York: Oxford University Press, 1916), by Hugo Grotius, trans. by Ralph Van Deman Magoffin (PDF at McMaster)

• Competition in Coastal Seas: An Evaluation of Foreign Maritime Activities in the 200-Mile EEZ (1989), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• Marine Minerals: Exploring Our New Ocean Frontier (OTA-O-342; Washington: GPO, 1987), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF at unt.edu

• Purposeful Jettison of Petroleum Cargo (1994), by National Research Council Marine Board (page images with commentary at NAP)