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The Freedom of the Seas
Mare Liberum
Hugo Grotius (1609)
Table of Contents
English
Introductory Note (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90835)
Translator’s Preface (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90836)
To the Rulers and to the Free and Independent Nations of Christendom (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90869)
Chapter I: By the Law of Nations Navigation Is Free to All Persons Whatsoever (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90870)
Chapter II: The Portuguese Have No Right By Title of Discovery to Sovereignty Over the East Indies to Which the Dutch Make Voyages (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90872)
Chapter III: The Portuguese Have No Right of Sovereignty Over the East Indies By Virtue of Title Based On the Papal Donation (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90874)
Chapter IV: The Portuguese Have No Right of Sovereignty Over the East Indies By Title of War (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90876)
Chapter V: Neither the Indian Ocean Nor the Right of Navigation Thereon Belongs to the Portuguese By Title of Occupation (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90878)
Chapter VI: Neither the Sea Nor the Right of Navigation Thereon Belongs to the Portuguese By Virtue of Title Based On the Papal Donation (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90880)
Chapter VII: Neither the Sea Nor the Right of Navigation Thereon Belongs to the Portuguese By Title of Prescription Or Custom (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90882)
Chapter VIII: By the Law of Nations Trade Is Free to All Persons Whatsoever (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90884)
Chapter IX: Trade With the East Indies Does Not Belong to the Portuguese By Title of Occupation (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90886)
Chapter X: Trade With the East Indies Does Not Belong to the Portuguese By Virtue of Title Based On the Papal Donation (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90888)
Chapter XI: Trade With the East Indies Does Not Belong to the Portuguese By Title of Prescription Or Custom (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90890)
Chapter XII: The Portuguese Prohibition of Trade Has No Foundation In Equity (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90892)
Chapter XIII: The Dutch Must Maintain Their Right of Trade With the East Indies By Peace, By Treaty, Or By War (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90894)
Appendix Two Letters of Philip Iii, King of Spain (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90896)
Letter I (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90897)
Letter Ii (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90898)
Table of Contents
Latin (original)
Ad Principes Popvlosqve Liberos Orbis Christiani (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90841)
Capvt I: Iure Gentium Quibusvis Ad Quosvis Liberam Esse Navigationem (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90842)
Capvt II: Lusitanos Nullum Habere Ius Dominii In Eos Indos Ad Quos Batavi Navigant Titulo Inventionis (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90844)
Capvt III: Lusitanos In Indos Non Habere Ius Dominii Titulo Donationis Pontificiae (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90846)
Capvt IV: Lusitanos In Indos Non Habere Ius Dominii Titulo Belli (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90848)
Capvt V: Mare Ad Indos Aut Ius Eo Navigandi Non Esse Proprium Lusitanorum Titulo Occupationis (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90850)
Capvt VI: Mare Aut Ius Navigandi Proprium Non Esse Lusitanorum Titulo Donationis Pontificiae (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90852)
Capvt VII: Mare Aut Ius Navigandi Proprium Non Esse Lusitanorum Titulo Praescriptionis Aut Consuetudinis (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90854)
Capvt VIII: Iure Gentium Inter Quosvis Liberam Esse Mercaturam (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90856)
Capvt IX: Mercaturam Cum Indis Propriam Non Esse Lusitanorum Titulo Occupationis (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90858)
Capvt X: Mercaturam Cum Indis Propriam Non Esse Lusitanorum Titulo Donationis Pontificiae (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90860)
Capvt XI: Mercaturam Cum Indis Non Esse Lusitanorum Propriam Iure Praescriptionis Aut Consuetudinis (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90862)
Capvt XII: Nulla Aequitate Niti Lusitanos In Prohibendo Commercio (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90864)
Capvt XIII: Batavis Ius Commercii Indicani Qua Pace, Qua Indutiis, Qua Bello Retinendum (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90866)
Cvm Svb Hoc Tempvs Plvrimae Regis Hispaniarvm Litterae In Manvs Nostras Venissent, Qvibvs Ipsivs Et Lvsitanorvm Institvtvm Manifeste Detegitvr, Operae Pretivm Visvm Est Ex Iis, Qvae Pleraeqve Eodem Erant Argvmento, Binas In Latinvm Sermonem Translatas Exh (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90868)
The Freedom of the Seas
Mare Liberum
Hugo Grotius (1609)
Table of Contents
English
Introductory Note (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90835)
Translator’s Preface (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90836)
To the Rulers and to the Free and Independent Nations of Christendom (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90869)
Chapter I: By the Law of Nations Navigation Is Free to All Persons Whatsoever (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90870)
Chapter II: The Portuguese Have No Right By Title of Discovery to Sovereignty Over the East Indies to Which the Dutch Make Voyages (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90872)
Chapter III: The Portuguese Have No Right of Sovereignty Over the East Indies By Virtue of Title Based On the Papal Donation (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90874)
Chapter IV: The Portuguese Have No Right of Sovereignty Over the East Indies By Title of War (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90876)
Chapter V: Neither the Indian Ocean Nor the Right of Navigation Thereon Belongs to the Portuguese By Title of Occupation (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90878)
Chapter VI: Neither the Sea Nor the Right of Navigation Thereon Belongs to the Portuguese By Virtue of Title Based On the Papal Donation (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90880)
Chapter VII: Neither the Sea Nor the Right of Navigation Thereon Belongs to the Portuguese By Title of Prescription Or Custom (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90882)
Chapter VIII: By the Law of Nations Trade Is Free to All Persons Whatsoever (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90884)
Chapter IX: Trade With the East Indies Does Not Belong to the Portuguese By Title of Occupation (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90886)
Chapter X: Trade With the East Indies Does Not Belong to the Portuguese By Virtue of Title Based On the Papal Donation (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90888)
Chapter XI: Trade With the East Indies Does Not Belong to the Portuguese By Title of Prescription Or Custom (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90890)
Chapter XII: The Portuguese Prohibition of Trade Has No Foundation In Equity (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90892)
Chapter XIII: The Dutch Must Maintain Their Right of Trade With the East Indies By Peace, By Treaty, Or By War (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90894)
Appendix Two Letters of Philip Iii, King of Spain (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90896)
Letter I (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90897)
Letter Ii (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90898)
Table of Contents
Latin (original)
Ad Principes Popvlosqve Liberos Orbis Christiani (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90841)
Capvt I: Iure Gentium Quibusvis Ad Quosvis Liberam Esse Navigationem (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90842)
Capvt II: Lusitanos Nullum Habere Ius Dominii In Eos Indos Ad Quos Batavi Navigant Titulo Inventionis (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90844)
Capvt III: Lusitanos In Indos Non Habere Ius Dominii Titulo Donationis Pontificiae (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90846)
Capvt IV: Lusitanos In Indos Non Habere Ius Dominii Titulo Belli (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90848)
Capvt V: Mare Ad Indos Aut Ius Eo Navigandi Non Esse Proprium Lusitanorum Titulo Occupationis (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90850)
Capvt VI: Mare Aut Ius Navigandi Proprium Non Esse Lusitanorum Titulo Donationis Pontificiae (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90852)
Capvt VII: Mare Aut Ius Navigandi Proprium Non Esse Lusitanorum Titulo Praescriptionis Aut Consuetudinis (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90854)
Capvt VIII: Iure Gentium Inter Quosvis Liberam Esse Mercaturam (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90856)
Capvt IX: Mercaturam Cum Indis Propriam Non Esse Lusitanorum Titulo Occupationis (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90858)
Capvt X: Mercaturam Cum Indis Propriam Non Esse Lusitanorum Titulo Donationis Pontificiae (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90860)
Capvt XI: Mercaturam Cum Indis Non Esse Lusitanorum Propriam Iure Praescriptionis Aut Consuetudinis (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90862)
Capvt XII: Nulla Aequitate Niti Lusitanos In Prohibendo Commercio (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90864)
Capvt XIII: Batavis Ius Commercii Indicani Qua Pace, Qua Indutiis, Qua Bello Retinendum (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90866)
Cvm Svb Hoc Tempvs Plvrimae Regis Hispaniarvm Litterae In Manvs Nostras Venissent, Qvibvs Ipsivs Et Lvsitanorvm Institvtvm Manifeste Detegitvr, Operae Pretivm Visvm Est Ex Iis, Qvae Pleraeqve Eodem Erant Argvmento, Binas In Latinvm Sermonem Translatas Exh (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=552&layout=html#chapter_90868)