THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS

OR

THE RIGHT WHICH BELONGS TO THE DUTCH TO TAKE PART IN THE EAST INDIAN TRADE

A DISSERTATION BY

HUGO GROTIUS

TRANSLATED WITH A REVISION OF THE LATIN TEXT OF 1633

BY

RALPH VAN DEMAN MAGOFFIN, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Greek and Roman History The Johns Hopkins University

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