In 1609 Hugo Grotius, a jurist of the Dutch Republic, formulated a new principle that the sea was international territory and all nations were free to use it for seafaring trade.
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In Mare clausum (1635) John Selden coined the term, endeavoring to prove that the sea was in practice virtually as capable of appropriation as terrestrial territory.
Weston-super-Mare | mare | Sant'Elpidio a Mare | mare (horse) | Satu Mare | Mare Island | Parângu Mare | Mare Serenitatis | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Mare (horse) | Mare Crisium | Târnava Mare River | Sânnicolau Mare | Roman Catholic Diocese of Oradea Mare | Mare Winningham | Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf | Baia Mare | Weston-Super-Mare | Weston-super-Mare (UK Parliament constituency) | Weston-super-Mare by-election, 1934 | San Giovanni a Mare, Naples | San Giovanni a Mare | Păulești, Satu Mare | Musaeum Clausum | Mare Humorum | Mare Harbour | FCM Baia Mare | Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare |
Under the Commonwealth Taylor had access to the cathedral libraries of Hereford and Worcester for manuscripts; from the latter he copied an original grant of King Edgar, printed in John Selden's Mare Clausum.