MARITIME INTERNATIONAL LAW

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THE ELEMENTS

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MARITIME INTERNATIONAL LAW

WITH A PREFACE ON

SOME UNSETTLED QUESTIONS OF PUBLIC LAW

BY

WILLIAM DE BURGH, B.A.

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, ESQ., BARRISTER-AT-LAW

Ἡμῖν δέ ἐστι γῆ πολλὴ καὶ ἐν νήσοις καὶ κατ' ἤπειρον. μέγα
γὰρ τὸ τῆς θαλάσσης κράτος—ΤΗvc., Bk. I. cap. 143